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Old 07-30-2013, 02:38 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Air molecules bumping into one another. Energy wasted.
Brownian movement. I think of them as little herd animals in a stampede, or little schools of fish or flocks of birds. Each, though inanimate, trying to reach its happy place. Energy is only wasted when that 'intent' is thwarted.
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