How does the orderly process of life go against entropy?

Subject: How does the orderly process of life go against entropy?

Date: Fri Feb 28 13:16:58 1997
Posted by: Jonathan Powell
Grade level: grad
School/Organization: No school entered.
City: Brooklyn State/Province: NY
Country: USA
Area of science: Evolution
Message ID: 857157418.Ev

Message:

How does the orderly process of life go against entropy?
My understanding is that a basic law of the universe
is that everything gradually moves towards entropy.
The process of life, however, seems to go in the
opposite direction, making order out of chaos.
How are these two concepts reconciled?

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