A broken egg can spontaneously reassemble based on statistical mechanics
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 7/100
Statistical mechanics and the second law of thermodynamics dictate that macroscopic systems, such as a broken egg, evolve irreversibly toward higher entropy rather than spontaneously reassembling.
Evidence against · 3
Temporal Asymmetry, Entropic Irreversibility, and Finite-Time Thermodynamics: From Parmenides–Einstein Time-Reversal Symmetry to the Heraclitan Entropic Arrow of Time
2012 · cited by 11
Establishes the entropic arrow of time and the absence of Poincaré recurrence in macroscopic thermodynamic systems.
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More against · 2
Broken versus Non-Broken Time Reversal Symmetry: Irreversibility and Response
2016 · cited by 9
Discusses macroscopic irreversibility and how time-reversal symmetry does not permit macroscopic spontaneous reversal of dissipative processes.
Emergence of opposing arrows of time in open quantum systems.
2025 · cited by 0
Examines how microscopic time-reversal symmetry leads to thermalization and definite arrows of time in open quantum systems rather than spontaneous reversal.