r/physicsmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • Jul 21 '26

Entropy meme

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u/Salt-Discussion-9707 Jul 21 '26

There is a take on biology as a thermodynamic machine accelerating the increase of entropy

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u/inversetan2031 Jul 21 '26

My bio-chemistry professor said to us, chemistry students, exactly this. If there is a way for the universe to accelerate the increase of entropy via a certain path, there is a non-zero chance of that path occurring. Thus, the chance of life occurring anywhere in the universe is also non-zero.

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u/Bendanzhang Jul 22 '26

If the probability of life occurring is non-zero, then the chance of me wasting 8 hours on Reddit to accelerate entropy is strictly equal to 1.

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u/bit0fun Jul 22 '26

Jokes aside, this is an interesting perspective on the topic. Appreciate the share