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The "state" in "most likely state" refers to a macro state, which in the "packets of energy" example is specified by the pair
(left total energy, right total energy)
. A macro state with more microscopic realizations (hence more likely -- all microstates of the same energy being equally likely) has higher entropy by definition. The video could perhaps make the distinction between micro- and macro-states more clear, but doesn't seem like a misconceptionOh... Of course😯..when putting it that way... thanks a lot for this insight