Maximum Entropy Thermodynamics - Criticisms

Criticisms

Maximum Entropy thermodynamics has generally failed to be accepted by the majority of scientists, with mainstream thermodynamicists considering Jaynes' work as an unfounded mathematical contrivance. This is in part because of the relative paucity of published results from the MaxEnt school, especially with regard to new testable predictions far-from-equilibrium.

The theory has also been criticized in the grounds of internal consistency. For instance, Radu Balescu provides a concise but strong criticism of the MaxEnt School and of Jaynes' work. Balescu states how Jaynes' and coworkers theory is based on a non-transitive evolution law that produces ambiguous results. Although some difficulties of the theory can be cured, the theory "lacks a solid foundation" and "has not led to any new concrete result".

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