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==Entropy and disorder for dummies==

==Entropy and disorder for dummies==

In this context "increasing disorder" means "that what happens if you let nature take it's course".

In this context "increasing disorder" means "that which happens if you let nature take it's course".

Imagine your old room at your parent's house: remember how easy it was to let the room turn into a uniform mess (disorder) and remember how hard it was to clean it up until it fitted a specific, non-uniform design (order): not cleaning up would always result in an increase of entropy in your room!

Imagine your old room at your parent's house.  Remember how easy it was to let the room turn into a uniform mess (disorder) and remember how hard it was to clean it up until it fit a specific, non-uniform design (order).  Not cleaning up would always result in an increase of entropy in your room!

Now, in nature there is no one to clean up the universe, only chances: and the chance of something becoming orderly is a lot smaller than the chance of something becoming orderly (since there are far more possible disorderly states to choose from.)

Now, in nature there is no one to clean up the universe, only chances.  The chance of something becoming orderly is a lot smaller than the chance of something becoming disorderly (since there are far more possible disorderly states to choose from).

Alternatively one could think of how difficult it is to construct a house of cards, while almost everything that happens in nature will result in its collapse.

Alternatively one could think of how difficult it is to construct a house of cards, while almost everything that happens in nature will result in its collapse.