• In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. • If you put a drop of ink into water, it will eventually evenly mix. • If you put a glass of ice water on the kitchen table, it will eventually melt and become room temperature. • That concept rooted in energy transport is known as thermalization, and it is easy to comprehend because we see it happen every day. • But this is not always how things behave at the smallest scales of the universe.
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