Snowflakes are a good example of the fact that thermodynamic entropy isn't the same as "order" as perceived by humans. The snowflake has higher entropy (2nd law) than the water + air system that formed it, even though it looks far more organized. https://twitter.com/ZonePhysics/status/1160843941857648640 …
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The opposite would violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics
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the total system of snowflake + environment has higher entropy, but the snowflake and its particles, seen as a system, are in a lower entropy state as the snowflake than not
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This is a pretty bad example. Nobody thinks of the air surrounding the snowflake and your first attempt at a profound tweet didn't mention it.
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