A Comprehensive Theory of Evolution: Thermoinfocomplexity A New Theory

Thermoinfocomplexity is the term coined to describe the evolutionary process in terms of the flow of energy into probable emergent networks of information in matter. It describes the emergence of complex adaptive systems of energy and information exchange throughout Earth’s 4.5 billion year existence. Thermoinfocomplexity is a synthetic theory that combines the stochastic interplay of energy and information based on the principles of thermodynamics, information, and complexity to explain the emergence of increasingly complex adaptive systems, from molecule, to man, society, and Gaia. A scale-free theory, thermoinfocomplexity demonstrates the fundamental similarities that exist between the course of a river, weather patterns, biological systems, and the superorganisms of human societies. It carefully develops the physicochemical rationale behind the emergence of more-complex systems, selected for based on their efficient utilization of extracted energy from the environment. In doing so, thermoinfocomplexity explains the negative scaling laws of metabolic efficiency, from biological systems to the modern metropolis. Although this book largely explores the theory’s application to chemical evolution, biology, and human society, thermoinfocomplexity has predictive applications that may well reveal the future trajectory of many complex adaptive systems, including the global human superorganism.