"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ―Arthur C. Clarke Wikipedia has several articles about these phenomena (e.g., informati

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ―Arthur C. Clarke Wikipedia has several articles about these phenomena (e.g., information theory, thermodynamics): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_level * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastability * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_information_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_... PBS Space Time has some great videos on the cosmological side of all this. Their video "Are You a Boltzmann Brain?" does a great job of explaining entropy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhy4Z_32kQo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhy4Z_32kQo Kurzgesagt has some entertaining videos on the subject, too: * The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8yK2kmxoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8yK2kmxoo * The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe – False Vacuum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFm6DxNVyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFm6DxNVyI Most of this is unnecessary for the subject of this thread, which is more about biology, ecology, and evolution than physics.