“In physics, entropy dictates that all systems naturally move from order to disorder. What I failed to appreciate at age nine is that the same principle applies to the truth — especially when your mother has just found a crumpled nurse’s excuse in your backpack.”
Sheldon Cooper — later a Nobel laureate, still allergic to glitter. young sheldon s02e16 dsrip
Sheldon, age 9, sits at the kitchen table, staring at a single ice cube melting in a glass of room-temperature water. His mother, Mary, watches him from the stove, arms crossed. “In physics, entropy dictates that all systems naturally
“My mother’s face cycled through five distinct emotions in three seconds — anger, confusion, reluctant amusement, more anger, and finally a sigh so deep I felt it lower the barometric pressure in the room.” His mother, Mary, watches him from the stove, arms crossed
“In the end, I learned two things that day. First: entropy applies to lies — they always break down into their component parts. Second: my mother’s capacity for mercy is inversely proportional to my ability to cite thermodynamics as a defense. She’s not a scientist. She’s a mother. And as far as I can tell, that’s a force even physics can’t explain.”