Life as the Evolution of Information

  • David S. Stevenson
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Abstract

There is a myth that is utterly entrenched in society. This myth serves to misinform many of the reality of evolution. This myth is taught widely in schools, on television and sadly pervades much of the Internet. The myth concerns entropy and equates entropy with disorder. Since the word “disorder” became synonymous with entropy, its use to discredit evolutionary processes has become widespread. However, as this chapter aims to show, without entropy, the processes of evolution through natural selection would simply not occur. This chapter demonstrates that rather than thwarting evolution, entropy is the king of evolution through natural selection.

Keywords

Heat Energy Multicellular Organism Information Entropy Entropy Increase Antibody Gene 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • David S. Stevenson
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  1. 1.NottinghamUK

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