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Originally Posted by Mr. Nobody What motivates the cosmos to expand, to have gone through transformations. Is it to produce SS's as quickly as possible? Is the ultimate evolution, the reason of it all to produce environments that are conducive to form spatial singularities? Is the overriding urge of the cosmos to end up in maximum entropy as quickly as possibly? |
I believe this is one possibility. Like you said, if this were true, then life would be an anomoly, perhaps even a burden to the universe's goal, as life seems to slow entropy. The other possibility is that the overriding urge of the cosmos is to end in maximum entropy as slowly as possible, or possibly even reverse it, then life is no longer an anomoly but part of the cosmos' evolution.
If life is not an anomoly, I think we can look at it this way: Life is part of the cosmos' evolution. Throughout that evolution the universe tries countless combinations and possibilities to further slow down entropy. Humans are one of those possibilities. Perhaps non-sentient robots who can break down matter on a subatomic level and reconstruct it are another possibility - but we don't know about them because they are either too far away from us, or perhaps they evolved right next to a star that went supernova. I'm not saying that the universe itself and the force that dictates that it either obtains maximum entropy quickly or slowly is something conscious and can make decisions on what and how life develops to achieve this task. Rather I think it is tied in with the TOE. The same equation that combines the four fundemental forces also includes this driving force that tries to slow entropy's rise. Life, in many shapes and forms, is the product of this. But I think as to why sentient, indivudual life such as humans became the dominent species on Earth is a seperate question. Looking at the entire universe, you are probably right in saying that the best candidate for slowing down entropy as much as possible is probably some sort of non-sentient life that can work in conjunction with eachother. Perhaps the universe will eventually get it right, or already has somewhere far, far away!