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[–] JasonDJ 38 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Animals are something plants invented to help spread their seeds around.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Life in general is most likely something the universe invented to speed up entropy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Life is a natural part of entropy for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a nice theory about how it looks like the goal is actually to produce photons more efficiently.

Edit: my source is French astrophysicists and science popularizer David Elbaz https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:53012702

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