Whenever energy is used or processed in order to make or maintain order within a closed system, some degree of disorder is inevitable—entropy always increases. The word entropy, by the way, is the literal Greek translation of “transformation” or “evolution.” Lest you think there might be some loophole in this law, it is worth quoting Einstein on the subject: “It is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced will never be overthrown” . . . and he included his own laws of relativity in this.
