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Thank you for that Bill G that is very accurate to what I was trying to say but I don't have the English language skills to do it like that.

The only bit I don't like in your simplification is equating Entropy to things like molecule movement because that is only semi true or at least true in the most general case.

So my only change would be instead of your sentence about molecule movement I would say:

Entropy is about what is happening to the energy (you can call it microstate information if you like). Entropy is not about whether things are getting complex in human terms it is whether the energy is getting spread into more complex form(s) requiring more information. A plant is an example of where equating human concepts rather than energy complexity will mislead you. I guess in layman terms is the energy being spread more widely.