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Because modern society cannot afford to let critical infrastructure be destroyed in seconds, fields like forensic engineering have evolved. By studying past failures—such as the infamous collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge or sudden aviation breakups—engineers learn how to build "fault-tolerant" systems.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system, entropy—disorder—always increases. But it does not increase at a uniform rate. The transition from order to disorder is often nonlinear. A sandcastle can be built meticulously over an hour, grain by grain. But one kick can return it to scattered sand in less than a second. The sandcastle represented a localized decrease in entropy—energy, patience, and skill applied against nature’s preference for chaos. The kick simply allowed the natural state to reassert itself.

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