Lam writes:
But for simplicity's sake, I just said that you can't treat something that is alive like everything else.
I thought this might be the case. You should consider being careful when you try to simplify things, sometimes (and I have done this) you end up making statements that aren't technically correct and could lead to more confusion than anything else.
Lam writes:
Entropy is the measure of disorder, which is supposed to increase naturally.
Entropy does increase naturally, but in thermodynamics it has very little to do with disorder. See
this site for a slightly technical explanation of Thermodynamic Entropy.
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in
this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely
conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
- Mikhail Bakunin,
God and the State, from
The Columbian Dictionary of Quotations