[js1138]

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics describes basic principles familiar in everyday life. It is partially a universal law of decay; the ultimate cause of why everything ultimately falls apart and disintegrates over time. Material things are not eternal. Everything appears to change eventually, and chaos increases. Nothing stays as fresh as the day one buys it; clothing becomes faded, threadbare, and ultimately returns to dust.2 Everything ages and wears out. Even death is a manifestation of this law. The effects of the 2nd Law are all around, touching everything in the universe.

And yet day after day, new things are born that are fresher than their parents.

[jbloedow]

And yet day after day, new things are born that are fresher than their parents.

Oh, ya, maybe when the 2nd law was formulated they forgot to take into account the entire natural world!!!! Good point. NOT.

So scientists have never spent any time attempting to think about the apparent conflict b/w the 2nd law and biology?

To quote someone: "Great is the power of steady misrepresentation."