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> Information dissemination must be similar to fluid dynamics. It just has to be.

If you include reactions, sure. But regular fluid dynamics very much leaves the substance intact. Water flows down a stream and is still water at the end.



I think there might be a sewage plant or two having overflow issues in the clear mountain stream of this analogy (your username is on-topic in this case).


>> Water flows down a stream and is still water at the end.

Even that has fish shit added.


There are actual models for this, I think they're often similar to a spin glass.


Perhaps there are models of waterway pollution that could shed light on it?




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