This book called Entropy by Jeremy something was assigned as chemistry reading book.
The various WTFs I had:
@ Entropy is physics. Why'd they assign it as chemistry
@ Entropy(book) is not a science book, but a sociology/anti-civilization book.
@ Author is somehow connecting the second law of thermodynamics (Entropy always increases) to unemployment, inflation, the various unrests around the world, and chaos in general.
@ Apparently the second law of thermodynamics is the BEST LAW EVER because, referencing Einstein, the best science laws are those that have the widest application range.
@ Also, said author savagely criticizes Newton's laws of motion and the idea of "progress". Never mind the fact that Newton's motion laws also apply to everything.
@ The Greeks are better than us as knowing entropy.
@ We should all lie down and die since us living is accelerating entropy, creating islands of law at the cost of incubating moar chaos. And increased entropy equals less time for the world.
@ Apparently we humans are special, because somehow we can evolve from a colonization species (eg, lichen) to a climax species (eg, trees).
@ Entropy is specifically in an enclosed environment. He repeatedly switches between saying Earth is basically a closed system in the Universe, then claiming everything we do increases entropy, then acknowledges that the Sun provides energy, then says, well, the entire Universe's entropy increases anyways, then asserts the Sun is infinite, then.... Yup, quite confusing.
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I seriously wonder if this guy really studied science. He's mangling a ton of simple science facts every highschooler probably should know. Either that, or he's twisting the facts to make his thesis sound better. However, removing his horrid attempt to marry ENTROPY with his thoughts, he does make a bunch of valid observations. The more advanced we get, the more energy we spend to get even more energy to do stuff. =_= Still, this book is rather stupefying.
Entropy's a magic word folks! It's the root of all evil. Also, Jeremy says we should all fall over and cease to exist since we're increasing entropy.
Never mind the fact that all atoms in the world make much more entropy than we ever do.
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