No, just something that was bugging me. However, someone else has pointed out to me that time itself can be interpreted as a measure of entropic decay - so asking how fast entropic decay goes under given conditions is half-way to meaningless.
The question might be better phrased as: If one could contrive to heat or cool the entirety of the universe, would the effect of entropy - the tendency of the universe to proceed toward disorder - be hastened or retarded.
As noted below, entropy has a little to do with time itself under certain interpretations, so the question doesn't really make sense.
However, the expenditure of energy leads to an increase in entropy. Heat is a higher energy state than cold. Therefore, I'm concluding, putting the universe on a stove will result in the entropic goo state sooner than putting it in the fridge.
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The question might be better phrased as: If one could contrive to heat or cool the entirety of the universe, would the effect of entropy - the tendency of the universe to proceed toward disorder - be hastened or retarded.
As noted below, entropy has a little to do with time itself under certain interpretations, so the question doesn't really make sense.
However, the expenditure of energy leads to an increase in entropy. Heat is a higher energy state than cold. Therefore, I'm concluding, putting the universe on a stove will result in the entropic goo state sooner than putting it in the fridge.