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The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Proves Evolution Did Not Occur The 2nd law applies to systems that are both closed and thermally isolated from their surroundings. Living organisms take in and expel matter and exchange heat with their surroundings, making them open systems. Also, organisms take in foodstuffs that contain highly ordered, low entropy molecules, like proteins and starches, and excrete wastes that contain less ordered molecules. Therefore, an organism discards matter with a greater entropy content into its environment than the matter it takes in. Energy, heat, and entropy transfers within subsystems operating inside a closed system are perfectly allowable under the laws of thermodynamics. So the argument is invalid under either open or closed systems. |
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