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The Physics of Life (ft. It's Okay to be Smart & PBS Eons!)

PBS Space Time · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Fundamental physicsBiology & biotechnology

What it is

PBS Space Time, together with It's Okay to be Smart and PBS Eons, asks how a universe drifting toward disorder produced something as complex as life. It presents the idea that the laws of physics, through thermodynamics, may actually favor the emergence of life.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as an accessible pop-science introduction to entropy and the physics of life, including Jeremy England's work.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This subject is discussed in the pop sci work of PBS spacetime”

    Pop-science treatment of the subject with references.

    efokschaner, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Anil Seth Finds Consciousness in Life’s Push Against Entropy”

  2. “it's a very good video on this topic by PBS”

    Very good basic explanation of life and entropy.

    donny2018, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule at Enceladus”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: entropy, thermodynamics, origin of life, jeremy england, physics

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