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The Second Law of Infodynamics: A Thermocontextual Reformulation
1Independent Researcher, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 24, 2025
Summary
The Second Law of Infodynamics is reformulated using thermocontextual interpretation (TCI). This new framework explains how agents increase accessible exergy by reducing their information gap, a principle crucial for the origin of life.
Area of Science:
- Physics
- Information Theory
- Thermodynamics
Background:
- The Second Law of Infodynamics posits a decline in information entropy as total entropy increases.
- Existing formulations leave key questions unanswered regarding its broad applicability.
- This work addresses these gaps through a novel theoretical interpretation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze and reformulate the Second Law of Infodynamics.
- To establish a connection between information, energy, and thermodynamics.
- To provide a theoretical basis for the origin of self-replicating systems.
Main Methods:
- Generalization of Hamiltonian mechanics via thermocontextual interpretation (TCI).
- Partitioning energy into exergy and entropic energy based on ambient temperature.
- Incorporating observer knowledge to differentiate accessible and configurational exergy.
Main Results:
- The TCI is based on empirically validated postulates.
- The Second Law of thermodynamics and MaxEnt are derived as corollaries.
- A reformulated Second Law of Infodynamics is presented, linking exergy acquisition to information gap reduction.
Conclusions:
- The reformulated law explains how agents enhance their exergy access by minimizing information deficits.
- This principle is fundamental to understanding the emergence of self-replicating chemicals and life.
- The TCI offers a robust framework for unifying concepts in physics and information theory.
Keywords:
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