Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine

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Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine

A new proposal by an interdisciplinary team of researchers .. [proposes] nothing less than a new law of nature, according to which the complexity of entities in the universe increases over time with an inexorability comparable to the second law of thermodynamics — the law that dictates an inevitable rise in entropy, a measure of disorder. If they’re right, complex and intelligent life should be widespread.