2nd Law
Shorthand for the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which predicts the Heat Death of the Universe. Used as shorthand for an acknowledgement of existential futility.
2nd Law by Nick Mailer January 30, 2003
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Smolka's 2nd Law
Smolka's 2nd Law states: Because of the eventual exhausting of resources, the expansion of growth must be stifled.
Smolka's 2nd Law illuminates the fact that taxes and inflation are not the problem but the solution. Compound interest on money, would mean that many more people would become wealthy. As, a preemptive strike, the national debt and collection of taxes insures that, that will never happen.
Smolka's 2nd Law by Author Stephan Smolka May 26, 2009
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