Reply to: Re: evidence against Darwinism-there isn't any!
Well I guess David just showed that I'm a biologist and not a physicist. I'll just stick to my own field from now on.
David_Bowman wrote:
>Regarding Cliff H's last iteration of his thoughts about the 2nd law of
>thermodynamics:
>
>>Good point. A law can't be circumvented. Let me rephrase my last
>>comment. There are reasons as to why the 2LOT would not be an obstacle
>>to evolution. Another point is that the 2LOT states that the amount of
>>entropy in a system always increases.
>
>Sorry. But this is still not correct. The entropy in a system *does*
>decrease every time it loses heat. Things *do* cool off in nature, and
>when they do they do not violate the 2nd law.
>
>>This implies that the universe
>>will eventually fill up with so much entropy that any form of
>>organization will be impossible.
>
>No. There is no such physical concept as 'filling up with entropy'.
>The entropy of a system is a statistical information theoretic
>*property* of the system. It just has a numerical value. It is *not*
>some sort of incompressible stuff that takes up space. Entropy
>comes in bits (or J/K if you're an SI fan) *not* liters. It lives in
>the same platonic space of numerical valued properties that pressure,
>temperature, speed, electrical resistance, viscosity, and a baseball
>pitcher's earned run average live in.
>
>>But, the universe is expanding. If
>>the rate of expansion is greater than the rate of entropic increase,
>>then it is possible that the universe will become even more orderly
>>than when it started.
>
>Sorry, but nope. That's not how it works. This *is* a nice imaginative
>speculation on your part though.
>
>>In fact, I think this is what is happening and
>>why we see the evolution of larger, more complex organisms.
>
>Huh?
>
>Is it time already for another explanation of the 2nd law and the real
>meaning of entropy in this forum again? I guess it's understandable;
>Cliff is new to the list.
>
>>I just love shooting down my own ideas.
>
>This is a good trait to possess.
>
>David Bowman
>David_Bowman@georgetowncollege.edu
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>Subject: Re: evidence against Darwinism-there isn't any!
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Common sense isn't.
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