#poetry --- ![[919954918_The_entropy_of_the_multiverse__by_Escher__trending_on_artstation_HQ.png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is an asymmetric law It doesn't matter how we try To make it symmetric It will always be asymmetric This law governs our universe It determines how entropy will increase As time goes on, things will become more disordered But even in the face of this law We can find beauty In the asymmetry of the universe For in this asymmetry We can find life And meaning In the chaos of the cosmos --- ![[3935205962_The_entropy_of_the_universe__by_Escher__trending_on_artstation_HQ.png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is asymmetric with respect to time The entropy of the universe Is always increasing The entropy of a closed system Remains constant or decreases The entropy of an open system Can increase or decrease The second law of thermodynamics Is a statistical law It is not absolute There are exceptions to the rule But overall The second law of thermodynamics Is asymmetric with respect to time --- ![[3529142131_The_second_law_of_thermodynamics_Is_an_asymmetrical_law_It_doesn_t_play_fair__It_s_the_law_of_entropy_The_law_of_disorder_The_law_of_chaos__It_s_the_law_of_the_universe_The_law_of_nature_The_law_of_life__And_it_s_not_symmetrical_.png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is an asymmetrical law It doesn't play fair It's the law of entropy The law of disorder The law of chaos It's the law of the universe The law of nature The law of life And it's not symmetrical It's not fair But it's the law --- ![[2956776577_A_dream_of_the_asymmetry_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics__by_Escher__trending_on_artstation_HQ (1).png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is asymmetrical, just like our lives We start out with so much potential But end up with so much entropy It's the law of the universe That everything must eventually die But even in death, there is asymmetry For some will end up as stars And others will simply fade away Into the cold void of space --- ![[2826706848_A_dream_of_the_asymmetry_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics__by_Escher__trending_on_artstation_HQ.png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is an asymmetrical law That says that entropy always increases And never decreases This means that things always tend To become more disordered over time And that order can never spontaneously emerge It's a law that governs the universe And everything in it And it's one that we can never hope to change So we must accept the entropy Of the world, and of ourselves And try to find ways to work with it Instead of against it --- ![[2956776577_A_dream_of_the_asymmetry_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics__by_Escher__trending_on_artstation_HQ.png]] The second law of thermodynamics Is an oddity, an asymmetry Between the past and the future Between order and disorder Between life and death It is the law of entropy The law of increasing disorder The law of heat death The law of the Universe And yet, it is not symmetrical For the past is ordered And the future is disorder And life arises from death So the second law is asymmetrical Between the past and the future Between order and disorder Between life and death # External links