captain entropy - bruce haack lyrics
i’m going to tell you some things about the sp*ceship you live on, called earth
and about some of its passengers
first, i’d like you to meet the captain
gather around sailors and listen to me
and i’ll tell you about captain entropy
entropy is something that happens
it’s so important, it functions something like a captain
captain entropy commands the earth and sky and sea
moving, flowing, strong and free
partly human, partly mean
children all know entropy, because kids are full of energy
they give their energy where there is little or none
and work begins, and work is done
but hеre’s what i mean
do this right now:
take any objеct from a table or shelf and slowly place it onto the floor
go ahead now
good
feel the pull of gravity on your body and on the object
pretend to fight gravity
pretend the object is very heavy
but you are strong and you can handle it
now lie down on the floor beside the object and try to shape your body to resemble its contours
now i want you to carefully pick up the object and lift it slowly
that’s right
fight gravity with all your might and return the object to the exact place you took it from
like a movie running in reverse
you have just made magic
your energy has flowed through your hands and you have caused an object to rise
even though gravity wanted it to return to the floor
by now you can feel that entropy involves a flow of energy
when entropy is around, energy flows from a point where it is more concentrated to a place where it is less concentrated
people call the existence of entropy the laws of thermodynamics
now i want you all to get up off the floor and half of you stand over here
and i want the other half of you to stand over here for two groups, one in front of each speaker
now we’re going to demonstrate what people mean by entropy
hey, you over here, you’re a coffee pot, you’re a bubble and you’re boiling hot
move your bodies to coffee boils and twist and steam as it flies in coils
now you over here, you’re a lump of ice, you’re stiff and cold but kind of nice
move your body in a firm position because of the condition of your frozen condition
that’s right now, ice lump, you slide over to the coffee pot
in coffee pot, you boil your way over to the ice lump, nice and slow
and both of you connect and do just what comes naturally
the coffee in the pot stops boiling and stands still and the ice lump changes shape and melts on the floor
cold energy flows from the cold ice lump into the coffee pot, which could jump
energy flowed from the coffee pot and changed the ice to warm or hot
this natural flow of energy which balances things for you and me, commands the earth and sky and sea
and it is led by captain entropy
the path of entropy leads everywhere because energy seems to keep on evening itself out
you work or play all day and your energy runs down and you eat food and energy from that food flows into you
well, what if someday, entropy’s command becomes so great that everything stops?
what if energy distributes itself so well that everything is equal everywhere?
would this mean that sp*ceship earth would stop or maybe land somewhere?
well, here’s the answer
if you love to love and if you love to move and be, you may decide to go on to something else
you might just rest your body and use the power of your mind to think and dream and imagine and fly
maybe if all physical things came to a stand still, maybe your thoughts and dreams would still go on forever
to other ships and other universes until the very entropy of your mind came home again and again and again and again
(music)
well the air leaks out of a big balloon
while a monkey smiles and a laughing moon
and a flower loves a parasite
while enemies forget to fight
and a witch in a garden laughs as she
takes a spell from you and me
and gives it to a galaxy that waits for captain entropy
well the air leaks out of a big balloon
while a monkey smiles and a laughing moon
and a flower loves a parasite
while enemies forget to fight
and a witch in a garden laughs as she
takes a spell from you and me
and gives it to a galaxy that waits for captain entropy
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