I’m Too Stupid to Understand The Latest Staff Pick
Excuse me, what?
I was attempting to read this, because it appears to be about climate change, and that’s something I’m interested in.
I was with you, Jon Krakauer, until…
“the entropy of the cosmos is irreversibly on the rise, the entropy of its constituent systems fluctuates up and down at varying rates. Incongruously, disorder retreats in some provinces of the firmament even as it relentlessly advances in aggregate.”
What?
I had to get a dictionary out.
Entropy — something to do with thermodynamics.
Incongruously — strangely.
Firmament — “The firmament is the arch or vault over the earth and sky that separates the earthly realm from what is beyond.” (source)
Aggregate — something they put on the roads (building materials).
I gave up. Next!
This really showed up my shortfalls in vocabulary, but also demonstrates that Medium is a home for both intellectual and down right idiotic writing. How nice.
I really should improve my vocabulary.
