Thermodynamics
October 5th, 2004 | Published in Life
The second law of thermodynamics states that all natural processes flow in a direction that increases the total entropy of the universe. If no work is done on a system, entropy spontaneously reaches a maximum. This process of spontaneously increasing entropy is irreversible in nature because time is irreversible.
This law applies to all things occurring in the universe; heat will always flow from hot to cold, pressure will always flow from high pressure to low pressure, atoms break down, metals oxidize and break apart, but this does not apply just to physical, natural, or chemical objects. As time increases, entropy increases and as time increases friendships will break down, relationships will fall apart, and with time, one’s love for someone else will flow from a high concentration to a low concentration.
The only way to keep these things from happening is to do work on the systems involved. If you keep talking to friends, the bonds will stay strong and not corrode. If you stay with the one you love, your love for that person will not flow from hot to cold. Yet even as such the law cannot be circumvented.
With time all systems break down.
