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9. EVOLUTION AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

An important and still unresolved issue in science is the coordination of evolution and the second law of thermodynamics. Is it possible to harmonize the theory of universal evolution from inanimate matter to the spontaneous generation of living matter and further through the gradual development of the simplest unicellular organisms into complex multicellular organisms and, ultimately, into a person in whom there is not only biological, but also spiritual life, consistent with the second law of thermodynamics, which is so universal that it is called the law of growth of entropy (disorder), which is valid in all closed systems, including the entire Universe?

So far, no one has been able to solve this fundamental problem. The existence of both universal evolution and the law of entropy growth as universal laws of the material Universe (as a closed system) is impossible, since they are incompatible.

At first glance, it is natural to assume that macroevolution can take place locally and temporarily (on Earth). A number of current evolutionists believe that the conflict between evolution and entropy is removed by the fact that the Earth is an open system and the energy coming from the Sun is quite enough to stimulate universal evolution over a vast geological time. But such an assumption ignores the obvious circumstance that the influx of thermal energy into an open system directly leads to an increase in entropy (and, consequently, to a decrease in functional information) in this system. And in order to prevent a huge increase in entropy due to the influx of a large amount of thermal solar energy into the terrestrial biosphere, the excess of which can only destroy, and not build organized systems, it is necessary to introduce additional hypotheses, for example, about such a biochemical information code that predetermines the course of the hypothetical macroevolution of the terrestrial biosphere, and about such a global most complex conversion mechanism for converting incoming energy into work on the self-emergence of the simplest reproducing cells and further movement from such cells to complex organic organisms, which are still unknown to science.

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