Abstract
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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