Tag: humanity
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We are emergent phenomena — higher-level patterns and processes that arise from, but are not reducible in any simple way to, the lower-level physics and chemistry. A human is: • A far-from-equilibrium dissipative structure (physics) • Built from self-replicating, metabolizing carbon chemistry in aqueous solution (chemistry) • That has evolved nervous systems capable of generating…
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From fundamental physics, a human is a temporary, localized configuration of quantum fields (or particles and forces in the Standard Model plus gravity) that maintains a high degree of internal order against the universal tendency toward increasing entropy (the second law of thermodynamics). From Grok.
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Chemically, you are a vast, coordinated network of molecular machines running on carbon chemistry in water, powered by redox gradients, and capable of copying its own blueprint with high (but imperfect) fidelity. From Grok.
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Lots of reasons, but the biggest one is that being around people and dealing with their various hang ups is part of being human, and we forget that at our own peril. But also because when you smile at the world, the world smiles back. The author chose to become kind after a lifetime of…
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