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difference between complexity and entropy, see
http://www.av8n.com/physics/entropy-sim.htm
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Larry Smith wrote:cut
Brian Greene ... argues that it is more probable that the universe was created last
Tuesday at 1210 GMT with us and all our memories intact than that the
universe had lower entropy in the past.
That's a common misconception.
It is a mistake to think that a "complicated" state such as the
"one week ago" state must be a high-entropy state. In fact,
there are many quite-complicated states that have little or no
entropy.
For a computer simulation that quantitatively demonstrates the
difference between complexity and entropy, see
http://www.av8n.com/physics/entropy-sim.htm
If you take the present state and evolve it forward a week or
so, unpredictable thermal fluctuations will result in many