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    It is not the case that Humans in realms with radically different physical constants could lack the entropic processes constitutive of biological death.

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    • 1.Any chemistry complex enough for life requires thermodynamic dissipation; no physical constants escape this fundamental constraint.
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    • 2.Death serves functions beyond entropy—reproducing organisms in finite environments requires mortality to prevent resource exhaustion.
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    • 3.Altering constants enough to prevent entropic death would likely make biochemistry impossible, negating the premise of human existence.
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    • 1.Biological death requires thermodynamic entropy increase; different physical constants could permit closed-system homeostasis indefinitely.
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    • 2.Life's complexity depends on energy gradients; constants enabling stable gradients without dissipation could eliminate aging mechanisms.
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    • 3.DNA damage and cellular decay are contingent on specific decay rates; altered constants could slow or eliminate these degradation processes.
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