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Order does come out of chaos.


And it comes with a price. The ultimate price predicted by
thermodynamics is commonly called _the heat death of the
universe_.

That's entropy, which measured the total energy.

There are other forms or order and chaos that are not energy related.

I gave several examples of order evolving from chaos:
Crystals
Carbon nanotubes
Emegent systems.
Evolutionary simulations.


Order from chaos is a temporary thing.

Not necessarily. See above.


Your examples above are all temporary, for large values
of 'temporary.'

Not even a diamond is forever.


what happens to them? do they sublimate?


Diamond is a metastable form of carbon. It degrades to graphite.

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