The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, basically says that any given state, when experiencing time, will end up in a less organized state. Therefore, your kid's room might start out neat in the morning but will be a mess by dinnertime.

The law of entropy was devised to describe physical functions in the natural world. However, it seems to apply just as well to societies, cultures, and cultural things such as languages or customs. For example, the generally self-policed society of the 1800s in America, where men ran the risk of serious bodily harm if they were rude to a woman in public, has slowly decayed to the America of the 00s, where a typical song on the radio refers to women as bitches and whores.

Entropy is an interesting concept, particularly as it seems inexorable and allows one to have fun theorizing how trends will progress (downwards, of course) in society. I've always wondered two things about entropy, however: does it apply to time, and does it apply to light? If it applies to one, then it must by default apply to the other, for light is irrevocably tied to time and vice versa. The difficult thing in imagining the effect of entropy on light (or time) is that, if it occurred, the slow-down would slow us down as well, I suppose, so how could we notice what was happening? The only way to do that would be to get outside our system, so that we would be free of the effects of entropy, time and light, and then look back within - ie., get outside of creation.

I suppose only God can notice the effect of entropy on light and time. How frustrating. He gets all the perks.