B_For_Bandana comments on Entropy and Temperature - Less Wrong

26 Post author: spxtr 17 December 2014 08:04AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 December 2014 08:48:39PM *  1 point [-]

the distinction between mechanical and thermal energy is in the mind

The high-school definition of temperature as "a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles" (see the grandparent comment) actually erases that distinction as it defines temperature through kinetic (mechanical) energy.

Comment author: B_For_Bandana 17 December 2014 09:28:06PM 1 point [-]

I didn't read your comment carefully enough. Yes, we agree.