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New interpretations suggest the "heat death" hypothesis might not hold (2023)

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52 points hhs | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 15:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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gus_massa ◴[30 Aug 25 18:20 UTC] No.45076861[source]▶
> Boltzmann’s model also ignored the influence of gravity, which is often described as an anti-entropic force due to its clumping effects on matter.

I never heard something like that. Gravity follows the first and second laws of thermodynamics.

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1. kgwgk ◴[30 Aug 25 20:54 UTC] No.45077923[source]▶
>> gravity, which is often described as an anti-entropic force

I don’t know about that but it’s also sometimes described as an entropic force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity