The "missing law" of nature was here all along

[applegrove]

https://www.salon.com/2023/10/22/the-missing-law-of-nature-was-here-all-along/

The "missing law" of nature was here all along
How the sweeping new scientific theory of evolution overlays a rich tradition of the humanities
By RAE HODGE
Staff Reporter, Salon
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 22, 2023 4:00PM (EDT)

"SNIP..........

A recently published scientific article proposes a sweeping new law of nature, approaching the matter with dry, clinical efficiency that still reads like poetry.

“A pervasive wonder of the natural world is the evolution of varied systems, including stars, minerals, atmospheres, and life,” the scientists write in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Evolving systems are asymmetrical with respect to time; they display temporal increases in diversity, distribution, and/or patterned behavior,” they continue, mounting their case from the shoulders of Charles Darwin, extending it toward all things living and not.

To join the known physics laws of thermodynamics, electromagnetism and Newton’s laws of motion and gravity, the nine scientists and philosophers behind the paper propose their “law of increasing functional information.”

In short, a complex and evolving system — whether that’s a flock of gold finches or a nebula or the English language — will produce ever more diverse and intricately detailed states and configurations of itself.

.........SNIP"