The Second Law of Thermodynamics
There is only one law of Nature—the second law of thermodynamics—which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the difference of plus and minus. It stands aloof from all the rest. ... It opens up a new province of knowledge, namely, the study of organisation; and it is in connection with organisation that a direction of time-flow and a distinction between doing and undoing appears for the first time.
Notes:
A beautiful comment about it.
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The Nature of the Physical WorldSchemas
Science Koans
Riddles and paradoxes of existence that might crack your noodle on which to meditate.
Life Fights Entropy
Memes on the fact that life is increasing organization in a world of increasing chaos. 