Does evolution violate the second law of thermodynamics?
Do yourself a favor and avoid creationist websites. These obvious copy and paste jobs paint you in an idiotic light. The author of this atrocity has an argument centering solely on the following: I can’t imagine how life could arise through natural means, therefore it can’t. People are free to postulate whatever the hell they want about the origin of life, but keep these facts clear: 1.) Life violates no laws of physics. And yes, the laws of thermodynamics apply to any system in the known universe. We use the Gibbs function to apply the laws to systems at a constant pressure. No process of any living system has been shown to proceed with a positive deltaG. This includes all metabolic pathways, all reproductive methods, and all forms of mutation. 2.) A system for harvesting energy is required to lower entropy. BUT, that system need not be as complicated as the ones present in current life forms. You have to remember that life is a continuous process and the systems involved have been ev
