Ectropy (idea) by ianah0 - Everything2.com

Ectropy (idea) See all of Ectropy, no other writeups in this node. by ianah0 (4.2 y) CC Rep: 2 ( +8 / -6 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Fri Jan 09 2004 at 10:09:54 While discussing the coaction cardioid,in 1969, Willard Van Orman Quine coined the word ectropy. He reasoned that since entropy is Greek for turning in, the opposite term, turning out, in Greek would be ectropy. Ectropy also refers to the general increase in organization, or making order from chaos. It also lead to the coining ...