Poll: which idea do you find most badass: a) 2nd law of thermodynamics b) natural selection c) info theory (ignore unifications for now)
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too hard to separate (a) and (c) even with your caveat, but I'll take (a)
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(a) entropy is the most badass 'force' in the universe. Even Einstein thought so. bit.ly/einstein2ndlaw
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while 2nd law is profound, information theory underpins everything.
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The co-existence natural selection and the 2nd Law of Thermo is notable as a divergence of equilibrium and transient behavior.
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natural selection - especially seeing how it operates on items of culture, not just biological organisms
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Daniel Dennett has shown pretty convincingly that natural selection is an algorithm that is most badass.
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Since a) is a subset of c) I'll have to go with c), although a) is a very important part of c).









