Life, Energy, Time, Information and Tao

This is a sequel to the article, ‘Osmosis, Life, Information, Energy and Time’. From the perspective of Life, energy is both necessary for its existence and its constantly attacked by dis-organized energy. Energy is, in a sense, both with life(有情) and without life(無情), both for life and against life. However, at it heart, Life is constitute by a form of energy known as matter, therefore Life is a form of expression of energy. Thus an advance form of energy is regulating itself by organizing energy against energy using energy. In this perspective, Information exist before that is Life to ‘understand/model’ the universe. Thus, Information is an indirect consequence of energy. Time is against Life in the sense it accelerate its decay, Time is for Life in the sense that life require time to organize. Thus in its totality Time is neutral to Life.

From the perspective of Time, time exists insofar as there is irreversible change which Life is an excellent example. Life clearly define two states of thing: Life and Death, which otherwise is less differentiated. Thus, in a sense, Life intensify the existence of Time since Cosmo doesn’t necessary to have irreversible process. Another indicator of Time is the depletion of usable energy, in that sense, Energy is varies directly with Time. Life add complexity into this picture, however, since Life can’t create Energy that it only alter the rate which energy is depleted.

From the perspective of Information, Life is necessary for its existence. Information is contained in a world created inside the mind of Life. Thus Energy is necessary to sustain the existence of Life thereby existence of Information. Time could been seen as a subset of Information. The interaction between matter which resulted in conversion of energy from one form into another form could be seen as any abstract interaction between two sets of Information. Energy, is a sense, merely another set of Information conceive by the Life.

From the perspective of Energy, Life is merely a different form of expression of Energy. Life increase the number of variety that Energy could spent. Energy utilize Life as a way to re-organize itself in various form. Energy allow the existence of Life which require Energy, energy created Information in a sense that Information only exists in the mind of Life. Since Life also require Information to exist, therefore Energy is depended on Information.

You may then realize Time, Energy, Life and Information both contain each other and itself, and is a recursive function of itself. That recursiveness is what Tao is. Tao is the relationship between thing that is the foundation of reality.