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Robert Webb
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Something I've always wondered: why do we measure the amount of disorder (entropy) rather than the amount of order?
We don't measure brightness by the amount of "dark". Surely order is the thing of interest, so why don't we measure that rather than measuring the absence of it?
And in conversation it always feels wrong! I end up just talking about the amount of order rather than the amount of entropy which is always counter-intuitive.
Thanks,
Rob.
We don't measure brightness by the amount of "dark". Surely order is the thing of interest, so why don't we measure that rather than measuring the absence of it?
And in conversation it always feels wrong! I end up just talking about the amount of order rather than the amount of entropy which is always counter-intuitive.
Thanks,
Rob.