If the evolutionary algorithm as simple and elegant as it sounds actually violates the Second Law and is therefore impossible.. there should be some significant contrary observations linked to this seemingly incredible assertion.
All scientific theories embody foundational assumptions which must be independently verifiable. For evolution there are at least three.
(1) - Mathematical Assumption
Evolutionary changes which are mathematically impossible in a single mutation event are claimed to be made possible by a large number of only slightly improbable mutation events. (R Dawkins "crane" in Climbing Mount Improbable)
This assumption relies on the true observation that Natural Selection will preserve or 'quarantine' a population from the steady occurrence of damaging mutations. The group need only wait until a beneficial one comes along.. which when it does appear spreads through the population simply because their prodigy are more successful. Then all you have to do is wait for the next one.. and voilà evolution. It could be true.. except for..
(a) Entropy being a state variable.. like any improbability (low entropy state) it is irrelevant how you got there the improbability is the same. For 100 heads it makes no difference if you toss 100 coins at once or one coin 100 times. Mount improbable is just as forbidding.
(b) Codes of DNA put a finite limit on 'small' they are not infinitesimal.. (its a real process not quasi-static as R Dawkins erroneously claims "take any change as small as you like" - Climbing Mount Improbable).
Note natural selection is a SELECTION process for what random mutations have ALREADY PRODUCED.. so logically cannot influence those mutations.
So if the evolutionary process assumes (as I did) every atom of the universe for every millisecond in 14 billion years is applied to a single protein molecule and still it falls massively short .. ie predicts you cannot get enough beneficial changes (correct DNA to make the protein).. the protein remains impossible.
moving on..
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