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In this chapter, we understand why order is so important but also why injecting enough disorder is crucial for a small social system. We also learn how the contribution of the defenders in soccer is unjustifiably underestimated, why entropy is closely associated with flexibility and the performance of a small social system, and how to explain pictures to a dead hare.
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I am talking here about conformational entropy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformational_entropy.
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Neuman, Y. (2021). How Messy Should You Be to Win a Soccer Match? On the Yin and Yang of Entropy. In: How Small Social Systems Work. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82238-5_5
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