To: Doctor Stochastic
What these people basically claim is that certain chemical reactions (e.g. abiogenesis) which lead to molecules that obviously exist, violate the second law of thermodynamics. That these molecules contain less energy than their constituent elements and are thus energetically favored seems to not bother them.
What they also fail to mention is the complexity barrier where their version of the second law kicks in and prevents the formation of more complex molecules.
395 posted on
07/06/2004 3:31:33 PM PDT by
BMCDA
To: BMCDA
chemical reactions are accounted for, as while atoms are lazy, they do with to satisfy the octet rule. now that both the octet rule and the second law are on the same page:
why several moles of carbon mix with other atoms is accounted for now. but why would several molecules bind into something that REQUIRES more energy to satisfy itself? the idea is that once an element is satisfied on the octet rule, it would prefer to not change any further unless forced to do so. what forced atoms to bond until they formed a cell in the first place?
To: BMCDA
There does seem to be rampant ignorance (or malice) about thermodynamics among Creationists. By their logic, even simple reactions would not take place.
402 posted on
07/06/2004 5:16:40 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
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