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Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about a fan motor dieing a washing machine leaking and finally a can opener breaking. Why do physical things break over time.

Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about a fan motor dieing a washing machine leaking and finally a can opener breaking. Why do physical things break over time.

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Second Law of Thermodynamics.

[–] [deleted] 3 pts

^ This is the only answer.

Since OP's can opener isn't a closed system, he can reverse some of that entropy with his own energy input.

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he can reverse some of that entropy with his own energy input

Commonly referred to as maintenance/repair.

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More specifically, there are a lot more configurations of a device that constitute a broken state compared to a working state, and it's constantly moving from one state to another, never going back to its original new state.