Having met the First Law of Thermodynamics, the Conservation of Energy, we can address the Second Law, which deals with increasing Entropy. Here, physics reaches its limitations. For this law states that the path the universe is on is towards the disordered, towards the dispersal of energy.
However, something stands out in the dynamic web of inseparable energy patterns, and that is Life. Life orders and brings context and meaning to the interconnectedness of energy patterns. Life works in the opposite direction of entropy.
The universe as a whole requires self-consistency. The study of how the universe came to be ordered in the first place though is "beyond physics", and is aptly named Metaphysics. Since it is life that orders, it is the nature of life we can turn to next for insights.
The first insight...to be sensible, events in nature must harmoniously interrelate. And it is this consistency that constrains individual choice, our free will.
"For every force there is a counterforce. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself."
- Tao Te Ching
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Thanks so much for your thoughtful remarks on Nasra's blog.
I was bummed out about entropy when I first heard of it. As I understand it, life, as you say, runs in the oppostite direction, but the overall entropy in the universe increases all the time and the processes that animate life contribute to that overall increase.
At the same time, I have the sense that much is unknown. When cosmologists can't even tell if this is the only universe or one of any number of universes, when something like 97% of matter is dark matter, if I've got that right... I suspect that the Biggest Picture is something we're far from being in a position to comprehend.
PAUL: So true! ala Plontinus, we are left with contemplation.
And to exemplify that which we seek.
I'm not yet getting the hang of what you are trying to do with your remarks on science. . . . Will persevere for a bit.
YVES: I appreciate the comment. I've been caught up in doing, without considering what I am doing.
In reflection, I guess this can best be considered an exercise in Ontology (the nature of existence) and Teleology (the study of purpose).
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a systems nut...
You have been very quiet of late. Is all well?
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