"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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bw wrote:
Entropy increases

Seems to me that evolution violates that principle.

Not at all; "entropy increases" is with respect to the total
entropy of a closed system. But in the case of "evolution,"
the only closed system which makes any sense to consider
is the entire solar system, or at the very least the Sun-Earth
system. It is entirely pemissible for an overall increase in entropy
to occur (i.e., the Sun slowly loses energy to the rest of the
universe) while at the same time this overall trend results in
a very localized DECREASE in entropy (increase in order;
in this case, the evolution of complex systems on Earth).

Bob M.

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