Does the Second Law of Thermodynamics imply the eventual “heat death” of the universe?
The question of the eventual “heat death” of the universe is just as relevant as it was when the Big Bang Theory was deduced by the Abbe Lematre in 1950. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the overall entropy or disorder of a perfectly isolated system can only increase. This law would apply to an isolated, finite universe expanding into an infinite empty space. If the universe was truly expanding, its overall entropy would continually increase. It would become more and more disordered as its constituents diverged from one another. But with COMPLEMENTARITY I assume that the second law is really a law describing divergence, and that a complementary law describing convergence is required. Thus any portion of the universe is subject to the divergence of its separate parts. A house falls apart if left unattended. The complement to the Second Law states its antithesis: The overall entropy or disorder of a perfectly nonisolated system can only decrease. A house “comes together” when
