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Originally posted by rogue49
Believe it or not, Entropy is considered a degeneration into ORDER.
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This isn't true.
Entropy is considered a quantity, not an acton. And entropy is defined as a measure of a system's
disorder.
If you were to take an empty box, with a partition in the middle. One side contains molecules of oxygen, and the other molecule of nitrogen.
Remove the partition and you have a system which is highly ordered...i.e. LOW entropy.
Over time the oxygen will start to drift into the nitrogen's section, and the nitrogen will start to drift into the oxygen's section. The system is becoming less ordered. Entropy is increasing.
Eventually the box will end up being completely homogeneous: A State of Maximum Entropy. Completely disordered: just a random scattering of oxgen and nitrogen molecules. Complete disorder.
Now the reason scientists use the term "entropy" and not "disorder" is because order/disorder implies subjectivism. Entropy is a well defined term, which is purely objective...no subjective interpretation is required.
So while you personally may feel that a total heat death is a highly ordered system (I don't quite see how you can...but you're entitled to your opinion) it doesn't change the objective fact that it is a state of maximum entropy or complete "disorder" as defined by the thermodynamical laws.