ABSTRACT
ThiswasalsotheviewadoptedinthefamousmonographonBoltzmann'sstatisticalmechanicsbyPaulandTatianaEhrenfest.AsTatiana EhrenfestputsitinherprefacetotheEnglishtranslation(1959): 68
Theveryimportantirreversibilityofallobservableprocessescan befittedintothepictureinthefollowingway.Theperiodoftime inwhichwelivehappenstobeaperiodinwhichtheH-function ofthepartoftheworldaccessibletoobservationdecreases[i.e.the entropyfunctionincreases}.Thiscoincidenceisnotreallyan accident,sincetheexistenceandthefunctionofourorganisms, astheyarenow,wouldnotbepossibleinanyotherperiod.Totry toexplainthiscoincidencebyanykindofprobabilityconsiderationswill,inmyopinion,necessarilyfail.
