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Purpose, Value, Evolution, Consciousness, Sentience, Life & Emergence of Mind From Matter | Terrence Deacon | 95

Mind & Matter

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Degradation of Function

The second law of thermodynamics is driven by degradation of function. It only works if you're producing excess, if you've got duplicates. We became more complex because we lost some function. But that complexity was generated by duplicating things and allowing them to modify and degrade - falling up.

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