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Opposite of "entropy"
Message posted by David Arkles on November 28, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I want to know if there is an expression means the opposite of entropy as it applies to statistics.


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Re: Opposite of
Message posted by JG on November 29, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

If you believe that the universe is controlled by some sort of intelligence, that evolution is guided, etc. that would in some sense be the opposite of entropy.



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