Breaking the 2nd law of thermodynamics

#!$%@!  Now I'm gonna see a bunch of perpetual motion machines again.

 

Scientific American on how nature breaks the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

 

This is a big handicap in many models, the presumption of equilibrium or static scenarios.  Also the desire/ability to ignore events that don't come around often, black swans.

 

Well, the problem comes when an event does happen.  then you're out of luck.

 

But the mentality of cancelling flood protected, because you just went through a 100 year flood, still is used.

 

Avoid that type of thinking and you'll be doing everyone a big favor.