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If entropy increases with time, are humans' thoughts becoming more random as time increases? [closed]

If entropy increases with time, are humans' thoughts becoming more random as time increases? What effect would entropy have on the brain over generations from the absolute space-time coordinate? Are ...
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Conservation of information in expanding universe

As the observable universe expands the amount of information is increasing, at least locally. How is this compatible with the conservation of information in quantum mechanics?
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Is heat death reversible by thermal or quantum fluctuations given an infinite time?

I'm new here, so apologies if the question doesn't sound meaningful considering what physics is supposed to answer. I don't have a physics or mathematics background, but I did learn a few things about ...
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Can the entropy of a subsystem exceed the maximum entropy of the system in quantum mechanics?

Quantum mechanics has a peculiar feature, entanglement entropy, allowing the total entropy of a system to be less than the sum of the entropies of the individual subsystems comprising it. Can the ...
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