But "disordered" and "ordered" states are just what we define them to be: for example, cords are "tangled" only because we would prefer arrangements of cords with less knots, and knots form because someone didn't handle the cords carefully.
Physical processes are "real", but entropy is a figment.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me because a system at equilibrium, cannot go undergo any further diffusion, so there's no potential "entropy increase"
Maybe the issue, is that, like an ideal gas, a perfect equilibrium just doesn't occur.
Physical processes are "real", but entropy is a figment.