In part 1, I postulated that there is a Pluriverse consisting of three Universes. (See
Cosmogeny - Part 1)
The first is the Universe as we know it ' with its science and a thing called Life. Life is something that can make a choice about what will happen to our Universe. One of its choices is to make our Universe into the IF (Irresistible Forces) Universe, while the other is to bring about the Static (Immovable Object) Universe. Further, there is the difference between Synergy and Energy, and their related concepts Syntropy and Entropy.
Let's look at Entropy and Energy, since these are fairly well known concepts.
Entropy ' sometimes called the Arrow of Time ' says that Time is one-directional: we can only move into the future, at the rate of one second per second. Mass and energy are conserved, which effectively means that the usual versions of the laws of Thermo-Dynamics apply: The Universe is a closed system; energy always flows from high potential to low potential; Entropy always increases or stays the same.
Or, if you prefer, John W, Campbell's version: 'You can't win; you can't break even; you can't quit.'
Under Entropy, Energy is required for any change, and will either stay as energy or become mass; mass can become energy, but, in the Universe as a whole, the total amount of mass and energy is a fixed amount ' Einstein's famous equation: E = MC2 , where E is the total amount of energy in the Universe, M is the total mass, and C is the speed of light.
Science is based on three distinct (measurable) quantities ' length (or displacement), mass, and time. Most TOE (Theories of Everything) are based on being able to convert every unit used into some combination of these . Energy units, for example, are always calculated as Mass times (Displacement divided by Time) squared (plus a constant). Displacement divided by Time is speed (usually in a specific direction, and called velocity). We could go into other units, but they all work out to be some combination of Mass, Displacement and Time; along with constants and various powers.
This is the Universe as we know it. Something, very machine-like, that will, sometime in a few billion years, run down and become the Static Universe.
What are the other two: Syntropy and Synergy?
The concept comes from, as I said, R. Buckminster Fuller. In his writings (do try some of his books, especially the ones modified by other people), he comments that Mankind's history is one of constantly learning to 'do more with less'. He defined this as 'synergy', implying that we constantly look to improve things by 'creating' a different kind of relationship with the Universe. His inspiration always came by looking at what Nature did, and how efficient natural systems were. He also (I can't remember whether it was in a book or in a speech) described himself, and other people as 'verbs' rather than 'nouns'.
Energy gives rise to Entropy, and so, Synergy must lead to Syntropy.
In Campbell-esque terms: the laws under syntropy would be:
(1) You can choose Syntropy
(2) You can always do better than break even
(3) Everybody can win.
Like entropy, syntropy must always increase. It becomes a trend to getting more and more from everything we humans touch, a habit against which all actions get measured. As we get better at it, the more like verbs we become. We make the resource we have go further, and further than ever before. Its end, if there is one, will be when we can do everything with nothing. In other words, we become gods in our own right. We effectively, in entropy/energy terms, create what we need, including mass and energy.
No, it is not the Universe we currently occupy.
It is one where the possibilities are endless, including living for eternity. It is the Universe as we want it to be ' the IF Universe.
And it is OUR choice'
May the Amoeba never find you!
(Note: for those who are wondering - this is about thinking through the background to a novel and series of related stories. Sometimes, the inteleectual gobbledegook is needed to understand what the characters believe and don't believe....)
