[RightWhale]

physical death -- which is to say, the state of entropy.

That is correct. Maximum entropy is the 'heat death.' We lifeforms consume entropy, eat entropy, producing individuation, organization out of order. Order is statistical.

[unspun]

We lifeforms consume entropy, eat entropy, producing individuation, organization out of order. Order is statistical.

Exaclty, RW. We who are [already] life forms do this. You might say it defines us.