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You discover a new lifeform. You observe a single individual. As a system, its inputs are carbon and oxygen, which it burns into CO2. While it performs this function, it also displays high-entropy behavior with no discernable purpose. It's homo sapiens
You observe the species as a whole -- it can also be modeled as a system that takes in C & O and outputs CO2. Something strikes you: the species outputs orders of magnitude more CO2 than the sum of the individuals could. It seems to collectively organize to amplify its function.
You hypothesize that the high-entropy behavior displayed by the individuals is somehow connected to this collective function-amplification phenomenon. The mystery deepens
Isn't it thought by many that "exploration" (high-entropy behaviour, seeking novelty) serves the purpose of minimizing "surprise" in the long term? As such, it would be part of the purpose of the organism (taking self-preservation and reproduction as given purposes of lifeforms).
Is the ‘you’ who discovers made of carbon and oxygen too? If not, does he (for I know not what pronoun to use for such a ‘thing’) have any “purpose” never mind discernible?
99% of it is entropic.
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