Entropy in humanity

One of the basic laws of physics that always puzzled me has been the entropy that states, “All energy, in an isolated system, moves from an ordered to a disordered state.”

It took me a while to grasp the significance of this law. I realized it was very much different than other thermodynamics or statics laws. This thermodynamics law, in fact has a very large scope and its interpretation has far-ranging ramifications. To state clearly, it implies that everything moves from order to disorder. A well organized system would shift from stability to chaos and this is always true according to this law. Laws are phenomena that have been observed to be true every single time no matter how the experiment is performed. Moreover, I can provide you evidence that this law holds true in our everyday life too.

Today I came across a news article that deeply moved me. This politically charged move to attack Sri Lankan cricketers by masked gunmen while they were on a tour in Pakistan was one of the egregious examples of how dirty politics can get. Several policemen were killed and many players injured. After all, why did they do this? Did they spread this chaos to prove the entropy law correct? What would gunned mask-men know of entropy law? Why would Tutsi mass-murder thousands of Hutus in Rwanda? Why would Nepal’s ‘madhesi’ armed groups abduct, torture and kill common people and journalists? Why would the United States torture imprisoned, alleged criminals in Guantanamo? Why would Tamil Tiger rebels use civilians as human shields? Why would Hamas continue to fire rockets and spread terror and use human shields too? Why would a ray of light travel at a speed of 3.00*10^8 m/s?

I know even to the average minds, the answer is apparent and a single one. These are all laws, fundamental principles of nature, they happen because that is what should happen. Every system, Sri Lankan system, Hamas’ Gazan system, Madhesi system, Rwandan system and all other systems have to follow this entropy law. Every system has to move from order to disorder. Chaos is unavoidable. The United States may attack Iraq to remove tyrant leader Saddam, but remember even the super-power, United States cannot violate the entropy law; Iraq, even without Saddam after the United States’ interference would move from stability to chaos. It is inevitable. What happened in East Europe and Russia was also a consequence of this entropy law. The rise of the communists, the USSR and with it, the mass murder of millions of political prisoners in little known secret political camps in remote regions of the USSR was a move from order to disorder. Lenin wanted to move the political and economical system from order to perfection, he thought with the might of thousands of armed humans, he could overrule this natural principle. He missed out the constraint that he was indeed a human, a part of this dystopian law. What happened in post-Soviet Union collapse was another testimony to this entropy law. Factories closed, people lost jobs, hunger and political turmoil spread and the system broke down, in other words, the system moved from order to chaos.

I believe the validity and universality of this law means disaster and dispels a stark dystopian vision for humanity because no matter how much humans will progress, innovate or create, there will always be some other forces that will bring chaos to this system. If the United States sends spacecrafts to the Moon and builds skyscrapers like Twin Towers there will always be natural forces (some might call it evil) to spread chaos and bring those towers down. Entropy law cannot be violated. If the world, as a whole progresses then people like Hitler will be born to prevent Entropy principle from being violated. Human structures will be brought down. The resources present on this Earth will be used to build arsenals, bombs to destroy other resources. Self-annihilation is inevitable and unavoidable. This is duality of life. Tamil Tiger rebels will continue to rebel and destroy resources, Israel will continue to shatter Palestinian buildings, universities, infrastructures, American planes will continue to bombard Pakistani tribal areas, Iraqi suicide bombers will continue to target foreign troops, Madhesi armed groups will continue to extort donations and kill people, a ray of light will continue to travel at a speed of 3.00*10^8 m/s. The world as a system will continue to move from order to disorder. George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and other dystopian’ visions will continued to be reached. Entropy law cannot be violated. Chaos is inevitable.