"The total amount of entropy contained within the observable Universe is greater than it's ever been before. Tomorrow's entropy will be even greater still, while yesterday, the entropy wasn't quite as great as it is today."
"The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a closed-and-isolated, self-contained system can only increase or, in the ideal case, stay the same over time; it can never go down."
"There's a common misconception that entropy, at a fundamental level, is synonymous with the concept of disorder. The two concepts may have similarities, but it's important to recognize that they're not identical."
"The emergence of ordered beings from chaos raises questions addressed by the past hypothesis puzzle, which physicists resolve through the concept of cosmic inflation."
The total entropy in the observable Universe is at its highest point and will continue to increase. This increase is governed by the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy in a closed system can only rise or remain constant. The concept of entropy is often associated with disorder, but it is not synonymous with it. The emergence of ordered beings from chaos raises questions addressed by the past hypothesis puzzle, which cosmic inflation helps to resolve.
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