That's the crucial thing: if they're not willing, the use of the sign doesn't work, which confirms the idea that nothing can be changed simply by individual agency in and of itself.

这很关键：,如果他们自己不愿意使用，符号就没有意义，这也就应证了我们的观点,没有人能单独改变一个群体符号的使用方式。

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One thing that makes it pretty clear is that certainly delta S or the sign of it alone is not dictating the outcome here.

这个例子非常清楚的说明,熵增dS或者它的符号,不能单独决定最后的结果。

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