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Entropy - our best friend

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Urban Kordes () (Faculty of education - University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Abstract

The paper tries to tackle the question of connection between entropy and the living. Definitions of life as the phenomenon that defies entropy are overviewed and the conclusion is reached that life is in a way dependant on entropy - it couldn't exist without it. Entropy is a sort of medium, a fertile soil, that gives life possibility to blossom. Paper ends with presenting some consequences for the field of artificial intelligence.

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Article provided by Croatian Interdisciplinary Society Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu in its journal Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems.

Volume (Year): 3 (2005)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 17-26
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Handle: RePEc:zna:indecs:v:3:y:2005:i:1:p:17-26

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Keywords: entropy; autopoiesis; life; living systems;

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