WHY must things fall out of order and not INTO order?

Question

I understand that the second law of thermodynamics is ENTROPY which explains that things fall out of order...

my question is WHY????
WHY does it have to be that way? .

Answer 1

No so at all...parts of entropic systems can fall into higher states of order, as long as the overall entropy of the higher order system is preserved.

i dont usually do this, but I just answered a question like this so i'm cutting and pasting a portion below....

So for example, the random entropic progression of primordial soup on Earth caused small parts of that system to organize into amino acids, leading to the first proteins leading to the first life, but the overall entropy of the whole Earth system still increased.

Or think of it on a universal scale...compared to the entropy of the universe whats the few random organizations of amino acids, or anything else for that matter?

So things CAN fall into order...If you take a deck of cards and throw it in the air, there IS a chance, no matter how slight, that they will land in order.

Plus the second law of thermodynamics is really only applicable to macroscopic systems. When you get into the quantum realm, things start working differently, which CAN affect the outcome of a system. These quantum effects just tend to average out on the macroscopic level.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

IF the universe "fell into order, and IF perfect order were pure crystalline matter, then the universe could not exist as we know it. The tendency toward randomness provides the tools to reorganize ( at the cost of energy to overcome Entropy) to create all things around us.

Answer 3

Lets say you open a brand new deck of cards and they're all in order: A 2 3...
Then you put the deck in the clothes dryer for about a half hour. You open the dryer and without looking you take out the cards one at a time. Would you expect them to be in the same order they were in before you opened the deck? There's just a certain randomness built into the universe that tends to put things out of order.

Answer 4

Because of the great fall. When we fell into sin, in the very beginning of creation, the whole universe was affected by it.

Answer 5

in nature things are in order, but as for humans are concerned things always fall OUT of order, because we as a race are chaotic. simple as that. i thought your question needed more of a philosophical answer than a physical one :)

Answer 6

Spontaneity perhaps. Imagine if everything's in order? then we'll have no more function. I guess purpose is why we're even here.