The second Law of Thermodynamics is pretty clear about it: The entropy of a system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time. (Entropy may be thought of as disorder or randomness). But, consider the history of Earth: It is a system that started out as a semi-molten mess. Later, it cooled and developed life, and it made those pesky structured organisms that went on to populate the seas and produce our jungles and forests. Then came those advanced animals that fashioned everything, even cities. Cities are much more ordered than jungles and so their entropy is lower.
Entropy(cities) < Entropy(jungles) < Entropy(molten mess). So, what's going on? How did we manage to violate the law? Are we somehow miraculously, divinely above the rules?

See The Solution	Submitted by Steven Lord
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Maybe I didn't explain it very well in the limited space, but perhaps it's better explained by a physics professor. I thought the ideas were the same as those I presented:

http://physics.gmu.edu/~roerter/EvolutionEntropy.htm

Posted by Charlie on 2018-07-09 21:38:18