#thermodynamics

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#difficult #entropy #grasp #i #increases

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#death #except #law #life #nothing

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#philosophy #politics #thermodynamics #free

In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#laws #obey #thermodynamics

It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics? ↗

— Mark Hyman

#first #first law #just #law #newton

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#atomic #biological #human #inheritance #interests

Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#damn #fourth #law #near #probability