I'm sure these thoughts could have been inserted into a pre-existing
thread but I don't have access to the posts from this month and I don't
yet know how older threads (e.g., Dec) are handled. I'm sure I will
become better at this as I go. I also realize that my thoughts are not as
disciplined as many of you on this list. I don't mean to excuse myself
but simply to acknowledge where I'm at. My desire is to mature and grow
and to eventually infuse energy into this list rather than to drain it.
I read several posts by At de Lange and others about entropy and entropy
production (many of them I've read repeatedly). I don't think I
understand it.
Entropy and free energy are related.
As entropy increases, free energy decreases.
Free energy is that part of total energy that is available to do work.
Although energy is conserved, the free energy decreases.
If entropy in the universe increases to some maximum, does that mean that
all the free energy is used up?
How does a seed when planted have the ability to germinate (in terms of
entropy and free energy)?
Once germinated how does the root structure "sort" from all the possible
elements found in the soil; those elements essential for its life and
continued growth (in terms of entropy and free energy)? From the "chaos"
in the soil is sorted and assembled higher level organization (stem, wood,
grain, etc.).
The Sun contributes free energy and the plant does work to assemble higher
level organization from the elements of soil (the plant now has free
energy but less than originally from the Sun?).
When I ponder how thoughts are created I wonder if we are not like a
plant. There is much surrounding us in terms of input data (like the
chaos of the soil). How do we sort through all of it and select only
those elements needed to form the thought? How do we know what a thought
is in order to select the appropriate elements? Is there an inate
function of "sorting" that simply exists in us that "does" it like the
root sorts for the plant? If so, are there affects like the soil has on
the seed (seed that falls on the road, on rocky soil, among the weeds, on
good soil)? Are the senses the "roots" and thoughts are created in the
brain/mind using free energy? If Sun provides free energy to the plant
for higher level organization, what is the free energy source for creating
thought?
Is there a "physical" free energy for physical work and a different type
of free energy for things like creatively or spirituality?
Notice how I ended up speaking in terms of free energy rather than
entropy. I'm afraid I don't have an "image" for entropy.
Someone may decide it best to simply direct me to a book.
I intend to mostly read from the list rather than contribute. But these
are some questions I'm seeking answers for.
Warmest regards,
Stan
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