On Reconciling Atheism and Meaning in the Universe

[AlbertCat]

94. There is a tension between organization and entropy.

I don't see a reason why one would prevail over the other


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How about S = K log W?

It's actually entropy that wins, simply because there are more possible chaotic states than organized ones. But, as chaos theory shows, organization will always spring up in chaos. But to remain organized, energy must be put into the system. The Universe is very old and very big so lots of organized things have sprung up and there's lots of energy to keep them going.

Why anyone would think, however, this has "purpose" is beyond me, since the very concept of "purpose" we, as in humans, made up. And since the universe is clearly not made for us, we only get the last say with ourselves.... and the rest of the universe cares not. But on a time scale too vast for our comprehension, all will eventually be chaos.