In evolution thermodynamics, negentropism is an obscure entropy antonym term associated with evolutionary advancement, metabolism, and energy intensiveness. [1] It may be attributed to Norbert Wiener in connection with “islands of decreasing entropy”. [2] Some maintain that an early proponent of a negentropism principle was Hungarian-born American positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi with his Freudian psychodynamic-based ideas on energy, entropy, and mental flow and movements towards complexity. [5]
Other
In science fiction, negentropy is an ethical philosophy based on the view that entropy is a fundamental flaw of the universe, and that ethical actions are those that serve to slow or stop the increase of entropy. [3] In this sense, negentropists are individuals who adhere to the philosophy that the pursuit of efficiency, the reduction of all forms of waste, and the ultimate discovery of how to reverse the flow of thermodynamics, are the highest callings of intelligence. It is said to be a practical philosophy is largely based on making deductions of correct action from certain axioms and precepts. [4] This type of logic, although fictional in nature, borders into the field of philosophical thermodynamics.
See also
● Anti-entropy difficulties
References
1. Mendell, Wendell W. (1985). Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century. (pg. 829). Lunar and Planetary Institute.
2. Illinois Quarterly, (1980). (pg. 25). Illinois State University.
3. Negentropism (definition) – Encyclopedia Galactica by Anders Sandberg.
4. Negentropism (definition) – NationMaster Encyclopedia.
5. Author: Alephonzoi, Jhoinos. Wiki-book: The Book of Fluids, (Interlude: The Negentropist Jihad).
