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https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/computer-virus-1024x768.jpg1024768The second law of thermodynamics states that when energy is transferred from one form to another it will decrease usable energy and increase entropy. By definition entropy is chaos or disorder and takes away from usable energy. There is a clear parallel to this and the way swimmers function at meets.