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Counterpoint to your counterpoint :) I think local entropy has to decrease first to create the concentration gradients that are harvested by diffusion. So lif
by molbioguy 4y ago
Counterpoint to your counterpoint :) I think local entropy has to decrease first to create the concentration gradients that are harvested by diffusion. So life must also rely on decreasing the local entropy. All depends on how you define the system.
- contravariant 4y agoYou can't decrease local entropy without increasing it overall. We can only live by moving towards higher entropy, it's how we tell the past from the future.