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THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

universe is unavoidably proceeding
he second law of thermo-
towards a more disordered, unplanned,
dynamics, which is accepted as
and disorganised state.
T one of the basic laws of physics,
The truth of the second law of
holds that under normal conditions all
thermodynamics, or the entropy law, has
systems left on their own will tend to
been experimentally and theoretically
become disordered, dispersed, and
established. All foremost scientists agree
corrupted in direct relation to the amount
that the law of entropy will remain the
of time that passes. Everything, whether
principle paradigm for the foreseeable
living or not, wears out, deteriorates,
future. Albert Einstein, the greatest
decays, disintegrates, and is destroyed.
scientist of our age, described it as the
This is the absolute end that all beings will
"premier law of all science." Sir Arthur
face one way or another, and according to
Eddington also referred to it as the
the law, the process cannot be avoided. "supreme metaphysical law of the entire
This is something that all of us have universe." 1
observed. For example if you take a car to Evolutionary theory ignores this
a desert and leave it there, you would fundamental law of physics. The
hardly expect to find it in a better mechanism offered by evolution totally
condition when you came back years later. contradicts the second law. The theory of
On the contrary, you would see that its evolution says that disordered, dispersed,
tyres had gone flat, its windows had been and lifeless atoms and molecules
broken, its chassis had rusted, and its spontaneously came together over time, in
engine had stopped working. The same a particular order, to form extremely
inevitable process holds true for living complex molecules such as proteins, DNA,
things. and RNA, whereupon millions of different
The second law of thermodynamics is living species with even more complex
the means by which this natural process is structures gradually emerged. According
defined, with physical equations and to the theory of evolution, this supposed
calculations. process-which yields a more planned,
This famous law of physics is also more ordered, more complex and more
known as "the law of entropy." In physics, organised structure at each stage-was
entropy is the measure of the disorder of a formed all by itself under natural
system. A system's entropy increases as it conditions. The law of entropy makes it
moves towards from an ordered, clear that this so-called natural process
organised, and planned state towards a utterly contradicts the laws of physics.
more disordered, dispersed, and Evolutionist scientists are also aware of
unplanned one. The more disorder there is this fact. J.H. Rush states:
in a system, the higher its entropy is. The In the complex course of its evolution,
law of entropy holds that the entire life exhibits a remarkable contrast to the