It is true that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in different human cultures, different times, different cultural environments, or different religious traditions.

If they meet; if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.

Werner Heisenberg

8.16.2011

LIFE IS . . . 3) Dissipative Systems


Life is an emergent property of autopoietic, dissipative systems.

According to Wikipedia: A dissipative system is a thermodynamically open system which is operating out of, and often far from, thermodynamic equilibrium in an environment with which it exchanges energy and matter.

The purpose and driving force for life, evolution, and creation is the efficient conversion of high quality energy into low quality heat.  Creation is the self-organizing, increasingly complex process necessary to achieve that single goal.

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