MIT Professor of Physics Jeremy England believes that the laws of physics could explain how evolution began, and why life on earth was all but inevitable.
According to Evolutionary News,
MIT physicist Jeremy England offered the world a math formula a couple of weeks ago to explain how life forms. A group of atoms immersed in heat sources often restructures itself, to dissipate energy: “This could mean that under certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life,” namely complex order.
They go on to add:
“Inexorably”? England proposes that the laws of nature cause life to form and evolve, just as they cause planets to form and capture moons: “You start with a random clump of atoms, and if you shine light on it for long enough, it should not be so surprising that you get a plant.” Even if the plant is “inexorable,” as he says, it would still surprise us. We do not tend to think we live in that kind of a universe.
You can watch a clip below from NBC News on Prof. England’s theory.
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