[HN Gopher] Entropy Explained, with Sheep (2016)
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       Entropy Explained, with Sheep (2016)
        
       Author : Nevin1901
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-10-12 18:17 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | xtrapol8 wrote:
       | > entropy is just a fancy word for 'number of possible
       | arrangements'
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       | It isn't though.
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       | Entropy is a fancy word for potential distribution over negative
       | potential. Negative potential is the "surface area" over which
       | potential may distribute. The "number of possible arrangements"
       | casually fits into this, yet misses some unintuitive
       | possibilities, like the resistive variance or other
       | characteristics not preempted by who ever constructed the
       | intellectual model.
       | 
       | Idealists insist entropy is a scalar state resolve of delta
       | probability in their model. They are self deceived. Entropy is
       | the existential tendency for potential to distribute toward
       | equilibrium.
       | 
       | As long as boffins can throw away results that do not correlate,
       | they can insist it is anything they like.
        
       | NewsaHackO wrote:
       | Also, one should check out Tenet, it's a pretty authoritative
       | resource about this as well.
        
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