Life Feeds on Negative Entropy

It sucks the orderliness from its environment.

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[A living organism] ... feeds upon negative entropy ... Thus the device by which an organism maintains itself stationary at a fairly high level of orderliness (= fairly low level of entropy) really consists in continually sucking orderliness from its environment.

Folksonomies: life entropy

 What is Life?
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Schrödinger , Erwin (1992-01-31), What is Life?, Cambridge Univ Pr, Retrieved on 2012-06-22
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    Schemas

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     Science Koans

    Riddles and paradoxes of existence that might crack your noodle on which to meditate.
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