| "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ―Arthur C. Clarke Wikipedia has several articles about these phenomena (e.g., information theory, thermodynamics): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_level * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastability * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_... PBS Space Time has some great videos on the cosmological side of all this. Their video "Are You a Boltzmann Brain?" does a great job of explaining entropy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhy4Z_32kQo Kurzgesagt has some entertaining videos on the subject, too: * The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_8yK2kmxoo * The Most Efficient Way to Destroy the Universe – False Vacuum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFm6DxNVyI Most of this is unnecessary for the subject of this thread, which is more about biology, ecology, and evolution than physics. |