---
name: paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la
description: Apply the Bejan (2024): Evolution and Irreversibility as Distinct Phenomena article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Bejan (2024): Evolution and Irreversibility as Distinct Phenomena

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes Adrian Bejan and coauthors separate two phenomena in nature. Evolution changes flow configurations over time. Irreversibility dissipates available energy in any process. These are not the same. The core result is t

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-bejan-a-2024-two-distinct-phenomena-and-their-distinct-la/revisions
