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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