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Sean Carroll: The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life

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The Existence of Life

Life is not something that is to struggle against the growth of entropy. It is something that is made possible by the growth of Entanglement. Once you have these little complex networks, they can last for a long time. That's what enables all the marvellous activity that brings us to life here on earth. We are patterns that get maintained over time because there's a lot of activity beneath the surface. All those processes that keep us maintained require an increase in entropy of the universe.

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