• GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    ??? energy can be directed? it just loses shit while you do???

    burning natural gas releases energy stored in the hydrocarbon bonds of the gas which is directed as heat towards my bowl full of weed which gets me high

    explain that if that ain’t how entropy do

    • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      It goes in all directions my dude, it just happens that your bowl is one of them and is in an energy receptive state, which invites the energy in, which some fraction of the energy acquiesces.

      No ‘direction’ needed or possible.