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Jun 19 at 4:31	comment	added	FlatterMann		I think there is a misconception about thermodynamics here. TD is a timeless theory. You are asking a question that is tied to an arbitrarily chosen time scale. If you make your measurement integration time longer, then smaller systems will behave as expected. If you make it infinitely short, then not even the largest systems will appear to be in equilibrium.
Jun 19 at 3:10	answer	added	Allure		timeline score: 1
Jun 19 at 2:57	history	reopened	mmesser314 Vincent Thacker David Bailey
Jun 18 at 21:02	history	edited	Qmechanic♦	CC BY-SA 4.0	edited tags
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Jun 18 at 20:55	comment	added	mmesser314		Voting to reopen. This is clear. Large collections of atoms can be well predicted by probability. Small collections have more variability. At what size does the variability get so big that we would likely not see the expected heat flow.
Jun 18 at 19:10	history	closed	Bob D Matt Hanson Miyase		Needs details or clarity
Jun 18 at 18:41	comment	added	Chemomechanics		See also the links in Does Fluctuation Theorem prove the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?.
Jun 18 at 17:11	comment	added	g s		There are some false assumptions in your question. Please read this Q and its answers and see if it addresses your question. physics.stackexchange.com/q/491179
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