Scientists realized that if the system has an
infinite number of particles, there will be at
least one instance or one possibility of those
infinite possibilities that the particles would
make something structured, instead of in some
random orientation!
An example of this is an infinitely old universe .
An infinitely old universe means an infinite
number of possibilities where the entropy
increases. Increased entropy, as we already
know, equals increased randomness. However,
as stated before, the seemingly impossible
phenomenon of entropy reduction is still
possible in an infinite phenomenon! So in an
infinite universe, we have only ONE possibility
out of an infinite number where the entropy
reduces and the particles come together to
form a structure, instead of randomly existing.
However, in a finite universe, there is no
chance of infinite possibilities, so the idea of a
structured universe or an alive universe is
moot!
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