How Thermodynamics Might Help Us Understand Consciousness

DISORDER! Feels like a sign of the times, right?

From a thermodynamics perspective, we have two opposing ideas that Thomas Campbell has neatly applied to understanding consciousness. According to Campbell, those options are high entropy and low entropy. 

—> High Entropy is generally described as chaos, separation, poor organization, and fear. 

—> Low Entropy is generally described as order, coherence, unity, love, and effective cooperation. 

All of conscious evolution is to see lower entropy. 

What makes this fun (and unique) is that we know from thermodynamics that our physical reality is continuously hurdling towards increased entropy. This leaves us with the important task of choosing to drive lower entry states by increasing the quality of our consciousness, move away from ego and fear towards love and unity, and to ultimately make choices that lead to harmony and growth rather than division and confusion. 

Thomas Campbell would say that the fundamental purpose of our existence is to move conciseness toward lower entropy through love. Think you can handle that?

Let’s get to work!