In evolution, entropy increases in non-living systems, and negentropy increases in living-systems
Evolution is always a matter of at least two stochastic processes, each one acting as “selector” of the other(s). That is, in non-living systems, where no such “selection” is involved, entropy steadily increases, as stated in the famous Second Law of Thermodynamics. In living systems, due to stochastic co-selection, negentropy steadily increases. In Schrodinger’s phrase, “Life feeds on negative entropy.” Life is an ordering, selecting, coherence-making process. This process accelerates because it is logarithmic.
References
- Wilson, A., Robert. (1983). Prometheus Rising Chapter 7 The Time-Binding Dialectic Acceleration & Deceleration (Location 1249). Grand Junction, Colorado: Hilaritas Press.
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