From: "Technotranscendence" <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
> In _Evolution as Entropy_ (2/e), Brooks and Wiley broach the subject of
snip
> I've brought up this book before here, but no one has taken a crack at
it...
Have you read Tom Ray's measurement of evolution and entropy?
Evolution and Entropy
http://www.hip.atr.co.jp/~ray/pubs/oji/node12.html#SECTION0004300000000000
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Does evolution lead to a decrease in entropy? In the context of the
current study, entropy was measured as genetic diversity in an ecological
community. This measure showed occasional sharp but transient drops in
entropy. These drops in entropy appear to correspond to the appearance of
highly successful new genotypes whose populations come to dominate large
portions of the memory, pushing other genotypes out, and generating major
extinction events.
How are evolution and entropy related?
http://www.io.com/~mweb/biosthesis/entropy.htm
Entropy refers to dispersal of energy. Evolution refers to diversification
of form. Both involve a time-dependent relationship between what is actual
and what is possible.
See also:
http://www.island.net/~superior/evolution/entropy.html
τΏτ
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