The formation of crystals does not disprove the second law of thermodynamics:
It is true that crystals and other regular configurations can be formed by
unguided processes. And we are accustomed to saying that these configurations
are "organized." But crystals have not been spontaneously "furnished with
organs." The correct term for such regular configurations is "ordered." The
recipe for a crystal is already present in the solution it grows from — the
crystal lattice is prescribed by the structure of the molecules that compose it.
The formation of crystals is the straightforward result of chemical and physical
laws that do not evolve and that are, compared to genetic programs, very
simple.
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