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This right here. Provided a body that can retain and emit heat from a star, it intuitively makes sense that given correct conditions the warm body would trend t
by keithwhor 7y ago
This right here. Provided a body that can retain and emit heat from a star, it intuitively makes sense that given correct conditions the warm body would trend towards more complex head dissipation mechanisms.
Life is just a more complex — and sustainable — exothermic reaction than standard oxidative mechanisms (fire).
By the way: this isn't a new concept. Jeremy England at MIT has been espousing the concept for a while [0].
[0] https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-support-for-a-physics-theory-of-life-20170726/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-support-for-a-physics-t...