Is energy or entropy the capacity to do work?
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Physics relies heavily on the conservation laws, which assume symmetry. For instance, symmetry indicates the conservation of energy and momentum (from Noether's Theorem); also, the equations of quantum mechanics permit time reversal. But is all this just for mathematical convenience or does nature actually work this way? The "safety valve" here is the notion of "symmetry breaking" where there is a tacit acceptance that something is not quite right with pure symmetry, and structure, reality, might actually be based on pure asymmetry, where symmetry breaking aspects are treated as special cases. There is no admission that nature is fundamentally asymmetric and a possible reason why one of the proposed unified theories is not fully satisfactory.
If entropy always increases, symmetry is only a special case. Since virtually all of modern physics is based on symmetry, is it only a (comfortable) special case?
The universe is always moving away from perfect order and symmetry. This is called entropy increase in engineering and physics, this moving away from order. Off hand, at least, it seems that messy is more natural than tidy. But in order to obtain "messiness," in order for entropy to increase, there has to be a place to put the mess before it is made. A bowl of jelly beans is on the table of a small kitchen, neat and tidy. Someone inadvertently brushes it off the table, and the jelly beans cover the entire kitchen floor. If there was no kitchen floor, place of any kind, even if the jelly beans left the table, they would have no place for them to go (nothing exists but the beans and table) and they would still remain together -- no entropy increase.
The bowl of jelly beans is now in deep space, and the bowl is carefully removed. Ideally, what happens? There is plenty of room for the jelly beans to disperse, but they prefer to remain together, and because of gravity will move from the hemisphere to a sphere, because there was a little room left for them to move into. Slight entropy increase. Something happened. Work was done on the contents by the universe to change the shape of the composite. Where did the energy come from to do this work, and enable the entropy increase? (choose one)
Considering Choice 1, what if the container holding the jelly beans completely surrounded the contents in a spherical shape to begin with? On removal of the container, the contents would have no place to go, and nothing would happen. No entropy increase. There is still gravitational potential energy, but to no avail; there is no room for it to be converted to kinetic energy.
For Choice 2, there was no room, so nothing happened. Check.
For Choice 3, while consensus seems biased toward Choice 1, Choice 2 is undeniable.
Which choice is primary? Which is the motivator, gravity or entropy increase? Gravity (representing energy in this case) would seem the natural choice. The problem is, nobody can say with certainty what gravity is. But anybody can see whether there is room to put things. Aside from formal definitions, is energy or entropy nature's work preference? Is nature fundamentally asymmetrical? *
Author of Quantum Gravity in a Nutshell1
2moOne of the more compelling scientific (cum-theological) questions in the Middle Ages was: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" Today's version in cutting-edge science is, "How many strings... ?" As posited by s tring theory physics, strings are furiously vibrating loops of stuff. The concept of strings was devised to help scientists describe simultaneously both energy and matter. The frequency and resonance of strings' vibration, just like those of strings on an instrument, determine charge, spin and other familiar properties of energy?and eventually the structure of the universe: a true music of the spheres. There's a chance that strings are themselves made up of something still smaller. But scientists can prove their existence only on the blackboard and computer, because they are much too tiny?a hundred billion billion times smaller than the nucleus of an atom?to be observed experimentally.
The coin is mass its fixed shape is un altered in a force of gravity the coin has weight in a force of electromagnetism it has current in a week field it is malible in a strong field it is a collector in the universe all these force will act on the coin according to the force dominate in the region it occupies when the the natural flux changes the force influence the coins properties will alter them selves accordingly with the coin is a formed structure from heat its structure is sensitive to these influences due to the frequencies contained with in there may be a suspension without movement if the force is aligned internally or the coin will escalate if the force is fluctuating on X and z axis and will rotate if a a forces movement is in direct alignment perpendicular of the internal structure these are all possibilities we can show how this is possible if we had more information on the coins composite.
It signals a deep connection
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2moNature is by origin 'lazy'. Heat streams to cold, there is no useful energy for us (as power) if we do not intervene, for example with heat pumps, steam machines and many more.
Independent physics researcher
2moOr: Matter is a coin, with one side — energy, and the other — space. One seeks to change, the other — to contain. Together — they are reality. Alone — they are illusion.