Diffusion? What powers diffusion? it seems to be hugely important for bodily functions as well as atomically and possibly astronomically

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Diffusion? What powers diffusion? it seems to be hugely important for bodily functions as well as atomically and possibly astronomically

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Diffusion is a product of entropy.

Concentrated things have more potential energy than diffuse things, so their random motion is more likely to cause then to spread out than concentrate further.