Does evolution contradict the second law of thermodynamics?
I probably won’t get an answer to this one….. but entropy says the universe is breaking down… evolution says the universe is getting better! Please explain this. This idea has been put forward by many people to try to prove that evolution is impossible. However, it is based on a flawed understanding of the second law of thermodynamics, and in fact, the theory of evolution does not contradict any known laws of physics. The second law of thermodynamics simply says that the entropy of a closed system will tend to increase with time. “Entropy” is a technical term with a precise physical definition, but for most purposes it is okay to think of it as equivalent to “disorder”. Therefore, the second law of thermodynamics basically says that the universe as a whole gets more disordered and random as time goes on. However, the most important part of the second law of thermodynamics is that it only applies to a closed system – one that does not have anything going in or out of it. There is no
