E is for Entropy
Entropy will get us all in the end. In general terms, the word refers to a decline from structure into uniformity. The process by which energy within a system evens out and its order diminishes. In cosmological terms, this means the tendency for creation to become formless and homogeneous: the so-called "heat death" of the universe.
Still, it won't happen for a while yet.
The word was actually only coined in the nineteenth century, formed from the Greek entropia, meaning a turning toward.
Archaeopteryx Blunderbuss Chthonic Dreadnought Entropy
LOL, what you learn when joining a blog hop like this one :-) thanks.
ReplyDeleteOh now I'm thoroughly depressed! LOL! Take care
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The principle and the idea of entropy has fascinated me for a while now. I wonder if our "globalization", the current state of the world in which culture is exchanged, adopted, morphed into "modernity", is also a form of "human" entropy, whether our uniqueness, our structure, will in the end segue into a uniformity that makes us indistinguishable from one another. I love the different, so if this uniformity is as inevitable as the "other" entropy, I hope it takes a long long time.
ReplyDeleteinteresting...well, I hope it doesn't happen for a long while!
ReplyDeleteGreat E word and nice to meet you!
lol such a positive blog! :D
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the A to Z trail,
Sylvia @ Playful Creative
I'm glad it's unlikely that people will still be around by the time the universe reached entropy . . .
ReplyDeleteScary!!! That's about all I can say. I'm with Old Kitty, as I was thinking the same thing after reading this post. The good news is now I know about a subject that I didn't know about before today and that counts for something :)
ReplyDelete"Heat Death?" No thanks, lol.
Good day!
~Nicole
Blog: The Madlab Post
@MadlabPost on Twitter
I love interesting words. :) thank you for sharing them. Dropping by through the a to z challenge. http://eternalscoreboard.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I just have to tell you the name of your blog caught my attention in the list of A to Z blogs, since my blog links magic and writing too.
ReplyDeleteI guess entropy is a sad word when you really think about it, but it's a fun one to say.
Continued success with the A to Z challenge,
Jocelyn
Ah yes, another good one. I've actually seen a lot of authors use this one really well recently.
ReplyDeleteSherry - glad you found it useful!
ReplyDeleteOld Kitty - Sorry! Still, it's an interesting word, no?
Guilie - Wow, interesting idea. Maybe so. Although cross- cultural fertilisation tends to result in new and interesting social patterns in my experience.
Sylvia - LOL! There will be more positive ones along soon. Probably.
ReplyDeleteGolden Eagle - Yep, we may need to move to a new universe ...
Nicole - Glad it was of some interest.
EngineerQueen - I do too! Thanks for dropping by.
Jocelyn - Thanks for dropping by. I'll be back over to yours ASAP.
Nicole - Thanks!
Hi Simon .. I saw a video by Brian Cox on this exact subject recently .. there's no return ... life/it can never be the same again ..
ReplyDeleteIt's fascinating .. cheers Hilary