Ep. The Physics of Life, Episode ...

Ep. The Physics of Life, Episode 2: Defining Complexity, Order, Entropy and Information plus Maxwell's demon

The Meaning Code by Karen Wong
Nov 25, 2022
01:04:12

Episode notes

Glen explains his perspective on the physics terminology that is vital to exploring what life is and what it isn't. Glen's view from physics interacts with Karen's view from art at such intersections as boundaries, constraints, limitations and anomaly.

Playlist for all 6 episodes follows notes.

Next episode, Glen will talk about Science with a capital S. If you want to prepare for the discussion, watch these two videos:

Cargo Cult Science with Richard Feynman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfAtIJbatg&feature=youtu.be

The Morality of Fundamental Physics https://www.cornell.edu/video/nima-arkani-hamed-morality-fundamental-physics

Other videos with helpful information:

Reversing entropy https://youtu.be/KR23aMjIHIY

Maxwell's Demon https://youtu.be/favrMbfi1Pw

John Wheeler paper he referenced: https://philpapers.org/archive/WHEIPQ.pdf Playlist for the whole 6 part series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoARw9zo4EUZhxqfaqYU5yjy0-Tr8RlB4

Keywords

maxwell demon
complexity
information
order
constraints
limitation