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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 29 April 2015 07:22:28AM 1 point [-]

Well, a system where all the elements are the same has maximal entropy.

Not sure we should be applying thermodynamics to society in this manner - we are not ants - but I can see what he means.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 April 2015 02:21:28PM 1 point [-]

Not sure we should be applying thermodynamics to society in this manner

I am quite sure -- this is nonsense on stilts.

By this "reasoning" the fact that all life on Earth replicates via DNA is horrible, twins are an abomination, and industrial mass production is an unmitigated disaster.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 29 April 2015 04:48:57PM 1 point [-]

By this "reasoning" the fact that all life on Earth replicates via DNA is horrible

To be fair, I would like to see conciousness on non-biological substrates.

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