What possible, fundamental, misunderstanding of the nature of the universe could make current academics look like look like flat earthers?

Daft_ish@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 年前

What possible, fundamental, misunderstanding of the nature of the universe could make current academics look like look like flat earthers?

RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 1 年前

If a Maxwell’s demon was ever proven practical it would basically disprove the second law of thermodynamics.

bitfucker@programming.dev · 1 年前

Wait, why? What does knowing a perfect state of system has to do with the law of thermodynamics?

jsomae@lemmy.ml · 1 年前

Maxwell’s demon knowing in advance the exact state of the system isn’t really practical as a solution. Sure you can concoct such a situation, but that isn’t useful.

FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 1 年前

how so? the little door demon needs a power source right? otherwise it couldn’t operate the door.

jsomae@lemmy.ml · 1 年前

How could the earth be round? People would fall off the bottom.

Turun@feddit.de · 1 年前

Yes, but potentially less than is gained by the separation.

FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 1 年前

Sure, but that is like saying potentially my pig might grow wings and start flying.

I mean I guess, but my pig is probably statistically significantly more likely to fly off than entropy is to decrease with time.