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. In a way evolution does not contradict the law cause the human goes though the process of entropy. We’re born, all our systems are working effectively and then when we increase in age out body starts to malfunction and eventually we die and decompose. The law states that is has to be an isolated system, everything that evolves is not isolated, it evolves to meet its needs with the environment or surroundings.

2006-10-02 14:12:23 · 3 answers · asked by purplegirl_ela 2 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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Yes, that's an awesome insight. No species is an isolated system. Nor is its genome. So the genome of a species can gain in complexity (lose entropy) without contradicting the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

And all of life can do the same ... gain in complexity (lose entropy) without contradicting the 2nd Law, because life on earth is not an isolated system, but has an external energy source.

In fact (and here's the subtle point that many people miss), the beauty of the theory of natural selection is that it describes the mechanism by which energy is turned into information. Specifically, the energy involved in survival, reproduction, competition, and cooperation all produces information (negative entropy) in the form of better and better structures for doing all these things. As long as there is an energy source for all these activities (the sun), there is no contradiction with the 2nd Law.

Outstanding question!

2006-10-02 19:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 3 0

The second law of thermodynamics has nothing to do with evolution. If you understand evolution and thermodynamics, this argument is a joke. The second law has nothing to do with evolution. No animal is a closed system, no environment is a closed system and the planet is not a closed system.

2006-10-03 05:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2 0

The missing link in your theory is our ability to pass on our genetics.

Yes, we evolve physically and spiritually, but a fish does not evolve into a cat, sorry, nor an ape into a man.

Second, there is no room is Scientific theory for Spirit. What controls genetics? How can we experience this great unknown and incorporate it into what we know? How is it that every cell of our bodies communicate?

2006-10-02 14:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by dredude52 6 · 0 3

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