DoChenRollingBearing
Yellow Jacket
I dedicate this thread to those of a scientific AND philosophical bent...
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From time-to-time I see something out of place or similar, an example would be a rock on a street. So, in the case of a rock), I will often kick the thing to get it off the street, but not into a neighbors yard (or window...).
Or pick up some litter and throw into a trashcan. There are other actions along these lines that I take sometimes.
But, each action like that requires a little bit of energy use. I became curious as to whether or not it is "worth it" to do this. My actions may actually INCREASE entropy for all I know (for the moment I assume that increasing entropy is bad)... Is a small action, to sort of "reduce entropy" (to make things more orderly and predictable) worth the extra ENERGY USED, however small?
Please discuss! You may either include (or exclude) whether or not such minor charitable actions add value to anyone else. I would be interested to read comments on this (or related) topic.
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Now that Christmas is over (things went very well for us), I would like wish you all a Happy (and of course Prosperous) New Year!
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From time-to-time I see something out of place or similar, an example would be a rock on a street. So, in the case of a rock), I will often kick the thing to get it off the street, but not into a neighbors yard (or window...).
Or pick up some litter and throw into a trashcan. There are other actions along these lines that I take sometimes.
But, each action like that requires a little bit of energy use. I became curious as to whether or not it is "worth it" to do this. My actions may actually INCREASE entropy for all I know (for the moment I assume that increasing entropy is bad)... Is a small action, to sort of "reduce entropy" (to make things more orderly and predictable) worth the extra ENERGY USED, however small?
Please discuss! You may either include (or exclude) whether or not such minor charitable actions add value to anyone else. I would be interested to read comments on this (or related) topic.
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Now that Christmas is over (things went very well for us), I would like wish you all a Happy (and of course Prosperous) New Year!