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01-16-2006, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by michellemfry
What if time were a force of order? Disorder, the anti-force, or stabilizer to the force.
I am curious: what do you define to be disorder, and order?

Entropy defines the distribution of energy (or particles) as a distribution among a set of partitions. The universe appears to always move towards a greater probaiblity distribution. This is not "disoreder" per se- just "more distributed"

The probability of the universe defines the distribution of energy (or particles) as a specific state among the set of potential states. The universe appears to move into higher and lower probability states. Neither higher nor lower probability states are more "disordered" or "ordered" per se.

How would you define disorder?
  
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