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What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Zack Savitskyquantamagazine.org
This region of the dynamic spectrum, where outdated order dissolves into a creative and responsive chaos from which novel order can emerge, is often referred to as “the edge of chaos.” Stuart Kaufman suggested: “The best place for a system to be, in order to respond appropriately to a constantly changing world, is at the edge of chaos.” He explains
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Entropy is the supreme law of the Universe, which illustrates that systems tend toward disorder, chaos, and destruction on all planes of existence unless energy is put into the system. In other words, nothing is permanent.
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