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Coincidence of the Week
Seth also chose this week to write about entropy.
"Sooner or later, unless you push back, you’ll end up at room temperature."
Photo Memory of the Week
Music of the Week
Quotes of the Week
“Only entropy comes easy.” - Anton Chekhov (c.1900); also stated by Lewis Mumford (1970)
“You should call it entropy, because nobody knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage.” - John Neumann (c.1939), suggestion to Claude Shannon on what to call his new formula for information
“Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.” - Vaclav Havel (1986), Czech playwright
Source: EOHT
Posted: 2026 Jan 10
Category Archives: Through My Eyes
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Tagged Citizenship, Community, Culture
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes, Through the Calendar
Tagged Trees
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One Last “Ah . . .”
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Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Flora, Photos of Landscapes
Tagged Reflections, Trees
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Sunny-Day Vistas
A sort-of walk around my sort-of neighbourhood. Continue reading
One Last Degree of Freedom?
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