Part 7/10:
Life and Entropy: The Balancing Act
Schrödinger's exploration of entropy deepens our understanding of life processes. Life's constant interaction with the environment introduces negative entropy—an attempt to counteract the natural trajectory toward chaos. In essence, survival hinges on this endeavor to create internal order and mitigate the overarching principle of entropy, which governs all matter.
Our biological functions, such as eating, breathing, and excreting waste, sustain this critical balance. Organisms must consistently work to counteract the rise in entropy; otherwise, they face eventual disintegration into chaos.