Order from chaos is conceptually quite similar to Erwin Schrödinger’s “order from disorder,” which, as we have already described, lies behind the motive force of steam engines. But, as we have discovered, life is different. Although there is plenty of disorderly molecular motion inside living cells, the real action of life is a tightly choreographed motion of fundamental particles within enzymes, photosynthetic systems, DNA and elsewhere. Life has built-in order at a microscopic level; and so “order from chaos” cannot be the only explanation for life’s fundamental distinguishing features. Life
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