What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by vnatale » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:39 pm

Xan wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:35 pm

vnatale wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:25 pm
But I STILL do not understand what it means!


Vinny, I think it's just the opposite of entropy.


Wouldn't that be paradoxical to entropy? Like trying to believe in both predestination and free will? If one believes in entropy then how can its opposite also exist?
Above provided by: Vinny, who always says: "I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats." AND "I'm a more-is-more person."
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by Xan » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:52 pm

vnatale wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:39 pm
Xan wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:35 pm
vnatale wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:25 pm
But I STILL do not understand what it means!
Vinny, I think it's just the opposite of entropy.
Wouldn't that be paradoxical to entropy? Like trying to believe in both predestination and free will? If one believes in entropy then how can its opposite also exist?
I believe one of the laws of thermodynamics is that the entropy of the universe is always increasing. That isn't true of more local systems. Certainly I can decrease entropy in my dorm room by cleaning it. The universe has increased in entropy because of the energy I expended cleaning it, but the room itself has decreased in entropy.
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by moda0306 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:46 pm

Like Trump, Biden is a Serial liar and likely a monumental pervert.
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by SomeDude » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:50 pm

moda0306 wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:46 pm
Like Trump, Biden is a Serial liar and likely a monumental pervert.
yeah but Trump goes for eastern european models and sleepy Joe sniffs little girls hair.
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by Kbg » Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:57 am

SomeDude wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:50 pm
moda0306 wrote:
Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:46 pm
Like Trump, Biden is a Serial liar and likely a monumental pervert.
yeah but Trump goes for eastern european models and sleepy Joe sniffs little girls hair.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Exhibit A as to why the board is dying and will die.

Your honor, I rest my case.
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by Dieter » Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:37 pm

Yup
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Re: What is your prediction for the future of the forum?

Post by Maddy » Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:16 am

All this "entropy," "enthalpy" stuff suggests, deceptively, that the declining quality of this forum is due to some unavoidable principle of physics. To the contrary, I see the problem as confined to certain patterns of behavior that demonstrate a desire to use this forum for something other than serious, constructive discussion.
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