Why does all life eventually die?
Even the earth and even the entire universe cannot escape this law. What kind of power controls the fate of all things in the universe? This is the second law of thermodynamics in ----entropy!
So, what is entropy?
As early as 1865, the German physicist Clausius first proposed the concept of entropy. He believed that the law of conservation of energy was the most important law of physics, indicating that various forms of energy always do not generate energy when they are converted into each other. It is immortal, but there is a reality that always exists, that is, energy cannot achieve 100% conversion, and the part that disappears during the conversion process is entropy!
The so-called entropy increase means that in a closed isolated system , heat always flows from high temperature to low temperature, from order to disorder, and this process is irreversible. Without the intervention of external forces, they will gradually Tends to chaos and disorder. Since the emergence of the concept of entropy, the second law of thermodynamics has also emerged, that is, energy conversion will always produce entropy. The great physicist Schrödinger once proposed that people live to resist the law of entropy increase .
Life lives on negative entropy . Not only life, but the entire universe is governed by the law of entropy increase. It reveals the ultimate evolution law of the universe. All life and non-life evolution processes follow this law. Many People say that the law of entropy increase is the most terrifying law in physics, because it reveals that no matter how everything develops, there is only one ending in the end - destruction! Although we cannot prevent the increase of entropy, we can slow down the rate of entropy increase.
For example, it will be easy to obey the increase of entropy, but it will be very painful to resist the increase of entropy! Self-discipline is always more painful than laziness, and giving up is always easier than persisting. We make ourselves healthier through exercise, and control our lives through continuous learning. We encounter various trivial matters every day. If we don’t face them positively, It will get worse and worse in the future. Only by constantly learning and acquiring information and constantly adjusting our mentality can we make ourselves better.
But the fact is that all this is slowing down the increase of entropy. Einstein once called the law of entropy increase as the first law of science, which overrides all laws, because there is proof for any physical law or point of view. Pseudo space, and may be replaced by new theories in the future, only the law of entropy increase remains unchanged.
Since the birth of the universe 13.8 billion years ago, the law of entropy increase has determined that the universe will eventually go to destruction. As time goes by, the sun will go out, protons will decay, black holes will evaporate... all matter will Disappear, when the entropy of the universe reaches its maximum, that is the final destination of the universe!
