It amazes me that life could ever have arisen in a universe seemingly dominated by entropy. There are clearly forces of nature at work that oppose entropy. It may appear to be a losing battle, but life forms, particularly intelligent life forms, are themselves a force that opposes entropy.
Maybe the
not quite science board isn't the place for this question, but I don't understand what people mean when they say things like "a universe... dominated by entropy," and "forces of nature at work that oppose entropy."
What force can possibly oppose entropy (which is not a force at all)?
Also, a universe dominated by entropy would be what, in reality? The predicted final state of the universe, perhaps, but we are quite a bit removed from that date. Our universe has no lack of useful energy.
