Chapter 27 Information No. 14

At the end of the 20th century, some scientists put forward the hypothesis of "ecological dynamics". They believed that the evolution of organisms runs counter to the second law of thermodynamics (the law of entropy increase).According to the law of entropy increase, the universe is becoming increasingly disordered irreversibly; while biological evolution is a reverse process of highly orderly, organized and complicated. The prerequisite for the realization of biological evolution is the existence of energy flow. In other words, the evolution of biological organisms must be accompanied by a large amount of energy consumption and the disorder of its environment, which is an unavoidable price.Moreover, this complex system that goes against the trend is ultimately fragile and unstable.You can build blocks one on top of the other, and get taller and taller, but at some point, when you put the last block on, the precarious structure will collapse in an uproar.Similarly, when organisms evolve to a certain extent, they will inevitably lose control and collapse, and the more highly evolved organisms, the shorter the period of collapse.The extinction of dinosaurs is not so much caused by external factors as internal factors (complicated and highly specialized organs unable to adapt to external changes).Unfortunately - and we don't have the heart to point this out - this rule applies to humans as well.

Don't imagine that human intelligence and science and technology can avoid the collapse of human ecological dynamics.You know, science and wisdom—they themselves are also complex systems that go against the trend.