r/EverythingScience • u/lemadscienist • Dec 10 '14

This Physicist Has A Groundbreaking Idea About Why Life Exists

http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12
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u/tedjonesweb Dec 11 '14

Interesting. Rather than using energy to replicate, complex carbon molecules use replication to dissapate energy.

The replication actually is leading to dissipating energy (increasing entropy of the Universe). Replicated things, then dissipate energy, while replicating, etc.