What is the opposite of entropy?
If we consider entropy to be the process by which everything tends toward a uniform unordered state (not a strict scientific definition, I know, but close to the popular one), what name to give to the countervailing tendency of matter to differentiate and complexify? "Order" is too static a term for my purposes, since it seems to name the end result more than the means by which it's achieved.
Any nominations?
If we consider entropy to be the process by which everything tends toward a uniform unordered state (not a strict scientific definition, I know, but close to the popular one), what name to give to the countervailing tendency of matter to differentiate and complexify? "Order" is too static a term for my purposes, since it seems to name the end result more than the means by which it's achieved.
Any nominations?