The paradox that immediately bothers everyone who learns about the second law is this: If systems tend to become more disordered, why, then, do we se… - J. Doyne Farmer

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The paradox that immediately bothers everyone who learns about the second law is this: If systems tend to become more disordered, why, then, do we see so much order around us? ...It seems to conflict with our "creation myth": In the beginning, there was a big bang. ...no one is saying that the second law of thermodynamics is wrong, just that there is a contrapuntal process organizing things at a higher level.