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Re:A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future I... by dekhn on Friday March 17, 2023 @04:38PM (#35202597)
Not sure if you appreciate this, but if you repeat the shaking experiment enough times, you will see it return to perfect order- at some exceptionally tiny probability. I'm pretty sure you are saying that but instead of "practical amount", it's easier to say it's just exceptionally unlikely.
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Re:A Growing Number of Scientists Are Convinced the Future I... by Nevermark on Saturday March 18, 2023 @03:38AM (#35206994)
Well lifetimes of shaking is not practical is it.

Marbles in a jar are not arranged on a grid, but in all kinds of configurations. The chance of recovering any near perfect starting symmetry might take thousands, millions, or more years.

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