In 1944, physicist Erwin Schrödinger published a famous series of lectures titled What is Life?, where he reached that exact same conclusion: living organisms survive by continuously drawing in "negative entropy" from their environment to stave off decay. From physics to biology, here is why your statement is spot on: 1. Life is Localized OrderIn a universe governed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics—where everything naturally breaks down, disperses, and cools off—life is a rare exception. Building Up: Life takes scattered, simple molecules (carbon dioxide, water, soil nutrients) and constructs highly complex, organized structures like DNA, proteins, and cellular membranes. Paying the Energy Cost: This order isn't free. To maintain it, living things must constantly consume energy (food, sunlight) and pump out heat and waste. You are, in essence, an entropy-reversing engine.
