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[Bret Busby]

On 19/11/2021, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 21:34, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 19/11/21 5:04 am, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > since today in my street there is a huge wall advertising panel
>> > advertising DuckDuckGo. That isn't inspiring confidence as to me.
>> >
>> > *?*
>> > Ralf
>> >
>>
>> I thought from your subject, you were referring to the advertisements
>> that are now appearing in duckduckgo, which has become more like google,
>> with unrelated search results being included, in addition to "ad" search
>> results.
>>
>> The zeroth law of thermodynamics - everything tends toward chaos - the
>> lowest form of quality, the lowest form of energy.
>
> Isn't that the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
>

As your question starts with the word "Isn't", indicating the present
tense, as in what applies at the current time, you appear to be
temporally correct.

When I was first taught physics, back, some decades ago, I believe,
from memory, that we, in being taught the main laws of thermodynamics,
were taught that the zeroth law of thermodynamics was that everything
tends toward the lowest form of energy; hence, chaos. That was the
only law of thermodynamics, that I recalled, due to the interpretation
that everything tends toward chaos, as a principle that extended
beyond science, like the principle in witchcraft, of "As above, so
below", which can similarly be construed in physics principles, of
matter and antimatter, for very force, there is an equal and opposite
force, and, another law of thermodynamics; the conservation of energy;
whence, in a contained *for want of a better word) system, energy
cannot be lost or created - only transferred, so, potential energy can
be converted to kinetic energy, or electrical energy, and, vice versa.

Going back to the aspect of my saying that you are temporally correct, at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics
is

"
The history of thermodynamics is fundamentally interwoven with the
history of physics and history of chemistry and ultimately dates back
to theories of heat in antiquity. The laws of thermodynamics are the
result of progress made in this field over the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. The first established thermodynamic principle,
which eventually became the second law of thermodynamics, was
formulated by Sadi Carnot in 1824 in his book Reflections on the
Motive Power of Fire. By 1860, as formalized in the works of
scientists such as Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson, what are now
known as the first and second laws were established. Later, Nernst's
theorem (or Nernst's postulate), which is now known as the third law,
was formulated by Walther Nernst over the period 1906–12. While the
numbering of the laws is universal today, various textbooks throughout
the 20th century have numbered the laws differently. In some fields,
the second law was considered to deal with the efficiency of heat
engines only, whereas what was called the third law dealt with entropy
increases. Gradually, this resolved itself and a zeroth law was later
added to allow for a self-consistent definition of temperature.
Additional laws have been suggested, but have not achieved the
generality of the four accepted laws, and are generally not discussed
in standard textbooks.
"

with emphasis on the sentence

"While the numbering of the laws is universal today, various textbooks
throughout the 20th century have numbered the laws differently."

Thus, my memory may be correct; that I was taught that the zeroth law
of thermodynamics, is that everything tends toward chaos, and, like
the Ministry of Information (I had always thought it to be named the
Ministry of Truth, but, apparently, it was named the Ministry of
Information), the truths got changed over time.

So, from my research, after reading your message, I believe that you
are temporally correct.

Of interest, is that the zeroth law apparently came after the first
and second laws, which is similar to the number zero having been
created by the Indians (Asian Indians, not American Indians)., after
the other numbers up to ten, were created.

Which also counters a religious proposition; that, at first, there was
nothing, and then, there was something. But, it appears, that there
was always something, before there was nothing.

Hmmm.

:)

But, as I have indicated, I concur with your assertion.

Temporally.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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