Astronomers were somewhat astonished during the 20th Century when they discovere

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Astronomers were somewhat astonished during the 20th Century when they discovered outer space contained molecular clouds, which consisted of often very complex organic molecules, such as waxes and aldehydes. These molecules had formed in a near vacuum. How is this possible? Doesn?t this violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics? 1. This is a mystery which has not been solved to date. 2. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics does not apply to organic molecules, which have transcendent, supernatural properties. 3. The entropy varies randomly from place to place in the universe. 4. Such molecules have a very, very high probability of formation by accidental collision. 5. There are places where the entropy can go way down, as long as it jumps up higher somewhere else.

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5. There is no problem with entropy decreasing on a certain place, for as long as the other places compensate with an increase in entropy.

The whole point is that the whole universe must have A NET INCREASE IN ENTROPY.

Thus, the answer is OPTION 5. [ANSWER]

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