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		platz on April 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entropy and Life what are the chances of an initial state of the universe with extremely low entropy? the low entropy starting initial condition is the same in both cases, the glass is meant to be an analogy of the big bang.

sooheon on April 23, 2020 [–]

> Then the complexity goes down again, as it becomes uniformly mixed.

This part is incorrect. It requires the intervention of energy by motivated life forms to to un-mix a mixture of coffee and cream, therefore it is very high entropy.

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