Is the universe and ordered or chaotic one? why?
2006-11-20 10:02:13 · 3 answers · asked by tigersfan48111 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
This is not an either/or situation. The Universe as seen by physics is a trend for ordered sub-systems to become more chaotic over time. This is the Second Law of Thermodynamics which states "The entropy of an isolated system not at equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value." However NO sub-system is ever really isolated.
Living systems tend to reverse the "normal flow" toward higher entropy. One might say that life runs counter to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Living systems tend to induce order to random elements of the Universe over time.
The best answer to your question is that the Universe is both Ordered and Chaotic, depending upon what localized portion of the space-time continuum one is observing.
2006-11-24 05:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 73⤊ 2⤋
The answer is that the Universe is both ordered and chaotic at the same time. It is ordered because the physical laws that governs the behavior of matter and energy provides order, but part of that law also dictates that there will be a tendency toward chaos (i.e. 2nd law of thermodynamics - increase in entropy or chaos.)
2006-11-20 18:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by TotalEclipse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the universe is moving from an ordered to a chaotic state. entropy is positive. things have a tendency to degenerate. you will never see the broken glass rise off of the floor, re-assemble itself, and place itself back on the table next to your elbow.
there is less energy available in the universe to reorder chaos than is available to make order chaotic. the more energy we spend repairing causes disrepair to happen more robustly.
weird, eh?
2006-11-20 18:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by delujuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋