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My favorite exposition of this is from this string theorist's blog: http://rantonels.github.io/gravity-entropy-and-life/ http://rantonels.github.io/gravity-entr
by knzhou 7y ago
My favorite exposition of this is from this string theorist's blog: http://rantonels.github.io/gravity-entropy-and-life/ http://rantonels.github.io/gravity-entropy-and-life/
- dr_dshiv 7y agoOk, so they are just as confused, that's helpful to know: "You can imagine life without the chemistry, nuclear physics, condensed matter physics we know. You can imagine intelligence made of plasma or computers made of dancing stars in clusters. If you have a powerful enough imagination, every cog in the architecture of life is replaceable. Except for one: gravity. Only gravity can reduce entropy and create complexity where it doesn't already exist. It is, ultimately, the origin of anything worthwhile in the Universe."
- lubesGordi 7y agoGravity does seem to start processes that end up producing entropy though. I think entropy might increase as a result of information production? It's a thought I've been playing with for a while. Like we definitely have maxwells demon adding information to decrease entropy of a system. But I bet if the demon were 'real' it'd be generating more entropy than the information it's producing in its little gas separation experiment.