Multiple choice

Living organisms are metastable. The stable state of Maxwell demon is ________.

  1. Sleeping stage

  2. Infirmity

  3. Death

  4. None of the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In the context of thermodynamics and biological metaphors, a system that is metastable is not in its lowest energy state. Death represents the state of maximum entropy and equilibrium, which is the ultimate stable state for a biological system.

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