[johnnyb_61820]

In the cases of the Oak Tree and the Acorn, or the computer chips, you have a program which is directing/localizing the entropy losses and gains. Without the program, the entropy losses available are statistically small. It is the program that allows the large localized entropy losses.

This is precisely what intelligent agents do -- they create order out of chaotic systems.

[bobdsmith]

In the cases of the Oak Tree and the Acorn, or the computer chips, you have a program which is directing/localizing the entropy losses and gains. Without the program, the entropy losses available are statistically small. It is the program that allows the large localized entropy losses.

Add to that list evolution and you will see why evolution does not contradict the 2nd law either.

[shuckmaster]

You wouldn't know what an entropy was if it slapped you upside the head!