Pankaj Sharma is one of the world's premier speakers on Leadership and Personal Mastery. As a presenter, Sharma has the rare ability to electrify an audience yet deliver uncommonly original and useful insights that lead to individuals doing their best work, teams providing superb results and organizations becoming unbeatable.
Pankaj Sharma is also a Research Scientist.
Friday, December 13, 2024
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know.
Critical threshold for quantum error correction; New way to count primes; New Quanta Science Podcast
What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know.
By ZACK SAVITSKY
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe's inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it's currently understood, is less a fact about the world than a reflection of our growing ignorance. Embracing that truth is leading to a rethink of everything from rational decision-making to the limits of machines.
