A considerable literature has developed around the concept that the complexity of biological organisms, and the development of ever increasing complexity during biological evolution, is driven, in some way, by the maximization of entropy production (MEP). Most of these studies deal in very general terms with the living state and do not examine specific biological models. In the present study, we discuss some of the basic postulates of MEP as they are applied to living organisms. It is concluded that the MEP ideas seem to have little relevance either for the development of biological complexity or biological evolution.

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最大熵产生是否在生物复杂性的进化中起作用？生物学观点

关于生物体的复杂性以及生物进化过程中不断增加的复杂性的发展，在某种程度上是由熵产生（MEP）的最大化来驱动的，因此已有大量文献发表。这些研究大多数以非常笼统的方式处理生活状况，没有研究特定的生物学模型。在本研究中，我们讨论了将MEP应用于生命有机体的一些基本假设。结论是，MEP观点似乎与生物复杂性的发展或生物进化无关。