Etropy is a measure of disorder. Every process that occurs in the universe creates more disorder than there was before the process started. Living systems create more disorder in their immediate surroundings than any non-living system (except possibly an explosion). Since the entropy of the Universe is constantly increasing until the eventual "Heat Death" of absolute disorder, it is only natural to assume that processes that increase entropy faster (like living systems) will be more favored to survive and flourish.
It is my personal belief that "life" will eventually spread throughout the Universe like mold inside an unplugged refrigerator. Because -- "Life creates more entropy than anything else in the universe. and intelligent goal directed organisms create even more entropy." As Einstein once said, "Entropy is perhaps the only immutable law of nature."
(from a post on linkedin.com)
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William Schaeffer
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