Organisms are able to maintain a high level of organization without violating the laws of thermodynamics by constantly:
a. increasing the entropy of the universe.
While individual organisms may decrease their own entropy through metabolic processes, they do so by increasing the overall entropy of the universe. This is in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the total entropy of a closed system can never decrease over time. Organisms consume energy (usually from food or sunlight) and use it to build and maintain their complex structures, resulting in increased entropy elsewhere, typically in their surroundings.
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