Full Idea
The coincidence of thermodynamic direction and the direction of time is striking, but they can't be one and the same because the thermodynamic law is merely probabilistic. Orderliness could increase, but it is highly improbable
Gist of Idea
The direction of entropy is probabilistic, not necessary, so cannot be identical to time's arrow
Source
Adrian Bardon (Brief History of the Philosophy of Time [2013], 5 'Thermodynamic')
Book Reference
Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.115
A Reaction
This seems to be persuasive grounds for rejecting thermodynamics as the explanation of time's arrow.
Related Idea
Idea 22905 Becoming disordered is much easier for a system than becoming ordered [Bardon]