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Okay, thank you for that, because I read the whole Maxwell's Demon article just now. I love philosophical debates that have preoccupied philosophers for a long time.

Although I think that, in line with Szilard, you become part of the system and the energy you spend to exist and do the sorting creates an increased entropy in you that is equal to the reduced entropy in the garden. Probably. Without wanting to be a physicist (or a philosopher) about it...

re: Calvin's mom: I always apologize when I disturb spiders while dusting. It has to be done, but like, I feel you, little guy! Thanks for your pest-control work! (I was in a garden center last summer and I was always accidentally disturbing them when moving the plants around. And trying to always carefully set them in a safe space before watering.)