Click a tile to select it, then click where you want it to go
The Principle
There is exactly one way for these tiles to form the pattern, but astronomical numbers of ways for them to be disordered. Random motion doesn't "push" toward disorder—disorder is simply overwhelmingly more probable.
🎯 The Core Insight
Entropy isn't a force. It's statistics. With 17 colored tiles among 64 positions, there are over a quadrillion arrangements—but only ONE is the pattern. Random shuffling finds disorder because disorder is almost everything.
Click tiles to move them back into place. Green tiles are correct; red tiles have escaped. The faint outlines show where tiles belong. Notice: the moment you stop working, entropy takes over.
🌱 Connection to Life
Living things maintain extraordinary order—proteins folded precisely, cells organized, bodies structured. This requires constant work: metabolism. When the work stops, entropy wins. Life is a temporary, local rebellion against probability.