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| Sep 2 at 3:45 | history | edited | Nathan C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 2 at 2:15 | comment | added | Nathan C | If I put my apple into the refrigerator, the entropy of the apple decreases. But the total entropy in the room increases as the heat from the apple plus more ends up in the room. | |
| Sep 2 at 2:09 | history | edited | Nathan C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 2 at 2:08 | comment | added | Golden_Hawk | So, can we conclude that although entropy may be locally decreasing in this universe, the net change in entropy for the whole universe is always positive? | |
| Sep 2 at 1:38 | history | answered | Nathan C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |