It might be useful if you could talk about how entropy is used in different contexts. For instance, in information theory there is a rigorous, intuitive definition (Shannon entropy) that has nothing to do with “irreversibility of forces”. The connections between information-theoretic and statistical physics conceptions of entropy might help people understand which usage/intuition is relevant.
I despise information theorists for adding -that- bit of confusion to the matter. (It was particularly irritating in my last year of college, when I was taking information theory and thermodynamics at the same time.) You have a point. Groan. Back to editing.
It might be useful if you could talk about how entropy is used in different contexts. For instance, in information theory there is a rigorous, intuitive definition (Shannon entropy) that has nothing to do with “irreversibility of forces”. The connections between information-theoretic and statistical physics conceptions of entropy might help people understand which usage/intuition is relevant.
Is the current revision useful in that regard, before I continue expanding on it? (It seems to me convoluted.)
I despise information theorists for adding -that- bit of confusion to the matter. (It was particularly irritating in my last year of college, when I was taking information theory and thermodynamics at the same time.) You have a point. Groan. Back to editing.