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readthenotes1
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Emergence of a second law of thermodynamics in iso...
"The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system can only increase over time. "
Isn't there a difference between "can only increase" and "cannot decrease"?
goatlover
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Over long enough time, fluctuations to lower entropy states will happen, so the jaw is statistical.
2rsf
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Well, it's the an equal sign missing from one. For the later it can stay the same while it cannot stay the same for the former.
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Isn't there a difference between "can only increase" and "cannot decrease"?