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Re:Entropy as Disorder: History of a Misconception by archgoon on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:39PM (#21037425)
> We still don't understand gravity, as it relates to entropy. Usually entropy makes things spread out, but gravity makes things come together. Weird.

If 'gravity' weirds you out, put the mixture in a centrifugal chamber and let it spin. You get the same gradiated separation.

> Usually entropy makes things spread out, but gravity makes things come together. Weird.

It's no weirder than saying that hydrogen atoms exist because the proton attracts the electron.

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Re:Entropy as Disorder: History of a Misconception by dr_dshiv on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:55PM (#21037535)
The centrifugal chamber is using energy, so I don't know about that comparison.

But the attractive forces of protons and electrons ARE weird. Do know how attraction/integration can lower entropy?

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