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25-12-2017
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Why is increasing entropy sometimes referred to as "the arrow of time"?

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26-12-2017

Here's my pick at this:
Entropy (or some form of disorder) will always increase in time.

Thus if you look at snapshots of a system and see that it's entropy is increasing you can tell the flow (or arrow) of time!

Search '2nd Law of thermodynamics' for more info! :)

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