[ClearCase_guy]

I can't comment on the exact content of this article, but I have vague recollections of an article from recent years which noted that Evolution violates the First Law of Thermodynamics -- in that the energy or complexity in the system increases over time through evolutionary growth. I was never sure if I thought this was really a solid point worth making.

The current paper seems to identify decay occurring over time which would be in keeping with the Third Law of Thermodynamics.

My standard thinking about Evolution is that scientists don't know nearly as much about this stuff as they think they do. I lot of it is guesswork, conjecture and hope rather than science.

[reed13k]

Open system or closed system makes a diff

[TheNext]

I believe that where an infinite energy source exists, like the Sun, this results in a decrease in entropy, and an ever increasing order would result. The Sun creates Evolutuon.

[arrogantsob]

I think you are thinking of Entropy which measures the degree of randomness or disorder in a system. Living organisms have an unbelievable degree of order which collapses when dead.

We die when disorder overcomes our bodies and minds. Our lives are a constant fight against entropy which is at its maximum when disorder is at a maximum.