Philosophers must reckon with the meaning of thermodynamics
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- #thermodynamics
- #entropy
- #metaphysics
- Reality is not benevolent but destined for entropic decay and eventual annihilation.
- The thermodynamic revolution reveals that the universe tends towards disorder and destruction, not flourishing.
- Life, despite its apparent complexity and growth, accelerates entropic decay.
- Traditional optimistic metaphysics and ethics are challenged by the thermodynamic view of reality.
- Goodness may be redefined as resistance to the entropic flow of the universe.
- Efforts like medicine and sustainable living are acts of resistance against cosmic decay.
- The universe's ultimate fate is a state of absolute zero, where no energy exchange occurs.
- A new pessimistic metaphysics and ethics are needed to address the implications of thermodynamics.
- Existence is complicit in universal destruction, making life a moral catastrophe.
- Resisting the entropic thrust of reality, however futile, is the only ethical imperative.