Thermodynamics is the most fundamental science.  The observed laws of thermodynamics are true across the universe, right down to the the quarks that make up hadrons, and even the the things we know nothing about like dark matter and dark energy seem to follow the laws.

Thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics is what I want to talk about:

The total entropy of any isolated thermodynamic system always increases over time, approaching a maximum value.

The definition of entropy.

Basically, things will continue to become more and more complicated until an equilibrium is reached.

Just a thought

I’ve suggested in earlier articles that life is the universe.  Humans are not a part of the universe, we are the universe. As Carl Sagan famously said: “We are starstuff.”

The nature of the universe is entropic.

Think for a second about this:  What if survival is a transcendent mechanic?  What if a survival mechanic is prerequisite to existence?

Think about the universe, and everything in it, as one entity.  All the matter, light, life forms, planets, stars, black holes, radiation, and dark matter…everything, as one.  According to the big bang theory, it all had to start somewhere, so it’s not unreasonable to think of everything in the universe, including humans, as related on the quantum level.

So what if the universe has a survival mechanic built into it?

If so, then wouldn’t the emergence of life be inevitable?  Wouldn’t life be a necessary step in the evolution of the universe?  Wouldn’t evolution be an integral part of the universe?

That survival mechanic of the universe is called entropy.  Nature = entropic.

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