You can mix 10 marbles until they sort themselves. Why not 100?

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This is a sequel to my last "ink tube" video, but this time I explain the title of the project, "the entropy of mixing". Entropy is a super weird topic, so I hope this makes sense, and I hope you enjoy! Special thanks to my top Patreon supporters! birdiesnbritts John Sosa Trustham Vladimir Shklovsky Aloysius Sparglepartz Jason Whatley Lohann Paterno Coutinho Ferreira Jeffrey Mckishen nothings Eugene Pakhomov Glenn Willen R520 Nick F Mirko Rener Chris Connett Tyler Filla Miles Freeman Benjamin Manns MPG Seth Reuter Danny Thomas Toby T Lucy Fur tiaz Bonus thanks to Patreon supporter PJC, who reminded me that "closed" and "isolated" systems are technically very different! Media Credits: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/...) ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Pink Lemonade by Silent Partner is licensed under a Creative Commons license 0:00 Intro / The arrow of time 2:52 The second law of thermodynamics 3:36 Flipping coins 10:08 Marble tracking analysis 13:58 Osmosis 21:31 Microstates, multiplicity, and entropy 23:49 REVERSE osmosis