Biology makes me thing if the universe/consciousness itself it's a product on information parsing itself, making that 'essence' or 'soul' (on how they defined i

Biology makes me thing if the universe/consciousness itself it's a product on information parsing itself, making that 'essence' or 'soul' (on how they defined it the Ancients) a truth beyond matter. No, not something religious, but more related to computation. But for this we should accept that 'data' it's an intrinsic part of Physics, not just matter. I would like an intro to Thermodynamics, but IDK where to start.