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Metabolism — life runs on free energy
biology
A cell copies itself and runs on free energy. Life does not break the second law: it is a local decrease in entropy paid for by a larger increase around it (heat, waste). Rests on thermodynamics.
source
Narrow Highway — biology
card id
card_bio_metabolism
address
WIT.codex.FCT/metabolism-life-runs-on-free-energy/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway
adjoining cards
- part of → Biology — life is self-replicating chemistry — a pillar of biology (Metabolism)
- connects at → Thermodynamics — the arrow and the one end — life is a local entropy decrease paid for globally - the second law, not broken
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