| Brian;
I think in thermal dynamics, it is the degree of freedom that applies to Mr nobody's argument as far as order and chaos are concerned. Large degrees of freedom infers chaos, whereas low degrees of freedom infers uniformity and stability.
As far as the real picture without abstract definition of mathematical equations are concerned, you must stop using these abstracts in your requirements. The term "ENERGY" is one of those abstracts (mass is another). Energy is a change in the distribution of motion of the matter of a system and not an entity of the system or universe. This is the change we measure and call energy. Radiant energy is the cyclic wave motion caused by increase and decrease of the spatial ether density. This is randomized from all directions in space and results in the expanding universe.
One way to visualize quantum spin is to imagine a directional vector for all the waves in the universe and then doing a vector analysis of these vectors. If a resulting predominant directional vector resulted, this could be considered the quantum spin of the universe. Now apply the same concept to the degree of freedom motion of the particles.
Dave |