NPPF Commentary Line 209, P. 163
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 8 12:35:52 CDT 2003
"Vincent A. Maeder" wrote:
>
> Though I did not bring the text with me, the commentary notes that
> everything is subject to decay (anyone have the text to assist here?) The
> concept of decay ties nicely into the 2nd law of thermodynamics, entropy,
> and Maxwell's Demon (there's a Pynchon connection for you).
Yes, gradual decay, or a gradual dispersion of heat, energy spreading.
And, who rewinds the tape?
do any escape? Maxwell?
Excellent!
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