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Question: Does the theory of evolution contradict the second law of thermodynamics?
Category: Science > Biology
Keywords: theory evolution, contradict, second law of thermodynamics
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The second law of thermodynamics only says that the entropy (disorder) of a complete closed system must increase with time, not that the orderliness of one part of that system cannot increase. Increasing complexity of life must be balanced with more increase of disorder somewhere else in the system. Life itself increases order, but it is only a small part of the overall system, whose entropy, when all parts are added up, must always be increasing.

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[1] Profbill, "Evolution Vs. Thermodynamics", Online posting. NEWTON BBS Ask a Scientist.

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