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If you look at water, which is the primary component of life, it has an extremely high melting and boiling point and a very high thermal capacitance relative to any molecule close to its molecular weight. This is due to hydrogen bonding.
What the high MP and BP and the high thermal capacitance of water means, it takes a lot of energy to overcome the attractive forces within water. This inhibit high levels of entropy, in favor of much more order. This is important to life. Since water is 80-90 percent of life, it sets the background goal of life, which is to lower entropy, thereby allowing higher and higher level order. | 
