The Bittersweet
The ultimate form of symmetry is entropy, a disorder so complete that it forms the final supreme order: a randomly distributed, cold, dark uniformity. That this is the inevitable fate of the universe is predicted by The Second Law Of Thermodynamics.
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Evolution is sometimes naively considered to be an anti-entropic force, an empirical rebuttal of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, a readily observed case of an increase in order and complexity. However, just as there are islands of order in the midst of chaotic systems, so too evolution and life itself are only temporary, albeit wondrous, digressions from The Path that leads to a uniform universe of a few degrees above absolute zero, a cold, dark place, devoid of life and structure and consciousness, but perhaps beautiful in a way we will never have the opportunity to appreciate. |
