Are you aware that the THIRD law of thermodynamics (not second) has NOTHING to do with evolution? Quoting increasing entropy as a reason against evolution is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard. If you want to know why, feel free to ask.
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Henry - ACS
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Well, a little heated there but I'll give it a go. Yes. In fact entropy actually promotes evolution. Let me explain. Entropy promotes the chaotic displacement of everything and in doing so, various kinetic interactions have to take place within confined spaces, say the atmosphere or the primordial ooze. Because every possible kinetic interaction is bound to happen eventually, perhaps taking billions of years, sometime in that billions of years will be made the precursors to life. This fits nicely within an evolutionary timeline which describes the time lag between the formation of the Earth and the first precursors to life taking BILLIONS of years which is also corroborated by material dating evidence.
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Well absolutely nothing ever ever ever can disobey the laws of TD, so I guess everything has at least a little to do with it, but I'm just being facetious! I can see that the third law of TD has nothing to do with evolution (and I have never had anybody say that it did)- it states that 'the entropy of any transformation between internally stable substances approaches zero as temperature approaches zero (kelvin)'. Pretty irrelevant as life doesn't tend to be around at 0 kelvin! The second law of thermodynamics seems to always come up in evolution debates and stipulates that 'a spontaneous process in an isolated system is accompanied by an increase in entropy.' This is not valid for considering evolution as the Earth is not an isolated system, it can exchange both matter and energy with its surroundings. Furthermore,the extent to which evolution can be considered spontaneous (in a chemical sense) is debatable.
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I think increasing entropy is a perfect example FOR evolution. What is it that more complicated life does exactly? It takes the energy given by the sun, and uses it up. Humans have developed systematic ways of breeding cows to feed on grass and grains to provide us with meat and milk to give us more energy to be used up in the silly ways that we see fit. Only by doing large amounts of work, is the energy given by the sun dissipated.
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