Mod note: This is a dedicated thread for collecting and quarantining the numerous posts by wellwisher on his 'alternative hypothesis' that the entropy of cells explains anything and everything in biology. In addition to entropy spam posts, posts regarding wellwisher’s (mis)understanding of DNA function and evolution are also moved and quarantined here.
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There are two types of entropy to consider within life. The first is connected to the entropy with chemical structures. Going from CO2 and H2O into a tree is lowering entropy since there is more order with cellulose. There are more degrees of freedom in the CO2 and H2O.
The second aspect has to due with the impact of life on the environment. The animals eats grass to make CO2.
If life is decreasing entropy, does that mean that evolution, as a whole, moves in the direction of net decreasing entropy? This is not to say that entropy does not promote change, but lowering of entropy implies change leading to less and less entropy.
One possible way to explain this; the net lower of entropy is consistent with increases in efficiency. Efficiency means less wasted energy, thereby lowering entropy, since entropy benefits by wasted energy.
The animal that can gather food faster is more efficient. He will have a selective advantage due to less wasted energy and entropy. The animal that is always looking for food, but can't seem to find what it needs, displays higher entropy within his searching parameters. This will not have selective advantage, unless this higher entropy leads to an overall lowering of entropy; he finds the mother load of food for a net gain in future search efficiency.
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There are two types of entropy to consider within life. The first is connected to the entropy with chemical structures. Going from CO2 and H2O into a tree is lowering entropy since there is more order with cellulose. There are more degrees of freedom in the CO2 and H2O.
The second aspect has to due with the impact of life on the environment. The animals eats grass to make CO2.
If life is decreasing entropy, does that mean that evolution, as a whole, moves in the direction of net decreasing entropy? This is not to say that entropy does not promote change, but lowering of entropy implies change leading to less and less entropy.
One possible way to explain this; the net lower of entropy is consistent with increases in efficiency. Efficiency means less wasted energy, thereby lowering entropy, since entropy benefits by wasted energy.
The animal that can gather food faster is more efficient. He will have a selective advantage due to less wasted energy and entropy. The animal that is always looking for food, but can't seem to find what it needs, displays higher entropy within his searching parameters. This will not have selective advantage, unless this higher entropy leads to an overall lowering of entropy; he finds the mother load of food for a net gain in future search efficiency.
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