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>The analogous argument in the case of the SLOT would be that the entropy of
>an isolated system has a natural tendency to increase (or remain
>constant). This tendency can be "overcome" by making the system
>non-isolated, i.e. by providing an environment with which the system can
>exchange energy. (Note that this does not by itself mean that the system's
>entropy *will* decrease, but only that SLOT's requirement that the
>(isolated) system's entropy decrease will no longer be applicable.)
That last "decrease" should of course be "increase or remain constant".
Richard Wein (Tich)
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"Do the calculation. Take the numbers seriously. See if the underlying
probabilities really are small enough to yield design."
-- W. A. Dembski, who has never presented any calculation to back up his
claim to have detected Intelligent Design in life.
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