Entropy in physics and computer science feel quite different, but surely must be the same, surely...
Regardless: in functional algebra a function f maps between a domain (the set of inputs) and the codomain (the set of outputs). If the codomain is a strict subset of the domain, not all inputs can be completely reconstructed from the output. This gives a "cause" for entropy-like behaviour in mathematical systems. It can also explain, if you wave your hands around, why time is local and irreversible.
"Ugly bags of mostly entropy"
Entropy in physics and computer science feel quite different, but surely must be the same, surely...
Regardless: in functional algebra a function f maps between a domain (the set of inputs) and the codomain (the set of outputs). If the codomain is a strict subset of the domain, not all inputs can be completely reconstructed from the output. This gives a "cause" for entropy-like behaviour in mathematical systems. It can also explain, if you wave your hands around, why time is local and irreversible.
Richard Feynman's diagrammatic van was local and reversible.
Extropy!
The strong force doesn’t bind leptons together; it only acts on mesons.
By the way — that’s essentially the thesis of Scott Adams’ book God's Debris: A Thought Experiment (2001)