Abstract
According to the second law of thermodynamics the entropy inside a closed system like the universe only can increase in time. Though a low entropy may correspond to a system far out of equilibrium, it only can be out of equilibrium if there is an equilibrium state, if there are physical laws operational by means of which the inequilibrium can, must convert into an equilibrium state. If an inequilibrium only is created, becomes an inequilibrium as soon as such laws kick in, as it actually starts to transform into another state so one state doesn't causally precede the other, then can the entropy of the universe change at all? Moreover, if an inequilibrium only can emerge when such laws become operative, laws which specify the nature of both the initial and end state, then shouldn't they prevent the emergence of the inequilibrium in the first place, prevent an event like the big bang to happen at all?
Anton Biermans