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| Message-ID | <57E575D7.5849@ix.netcom.com> (permalink) |
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| Date | 2016-09-23 11:35 -0700 |
| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, sci.math |
| Subject | Re: entropy....doesn't exist. |
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The Starmaker wrote:
>
> "Shannon entropy was introduced by Claude E. Shannon in his 1948 paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication".
>
> In other words, it's an invention in Math...nutin to do with science.
>
> Some math guy invented it...it's an idea..it's not real.
>
> It's not a Law. It's not even a theory...
>
> it's imaginary.
another guy invented it
Rudolph Clausius invented the term in 1865.
another math error..tryin to make it real.
and if you look at the definition, you know it's just meaningless doubletalk
en·tro·py
'entr?pe/
noun
noun: entropy; plural noun: entropies; symbol: S
1.
Physics
a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work,
often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
https://www.google.com/#q=entropy+definition
i bet the dictionary guy shot himself after he wrote that down...
"unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion"
tell that to congress!
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entropy....doesn't exist. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-22 11:41 -0700
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Re: entropy....doesn't exist. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-09-23 11:35 -0700
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