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Latest Physics Theories May Help Challenge Evolution
ECR/Technology Review ^ | 30 Mar 10 | EC

Posted on 03/30/2010 8:53:37 AM PDT by nysuperdoodle

The latest theories on the nature and origin of gravity are generating lots of interest from those looking to unify the various systems (Einsteinian, Newtonian, Quantum, String Theory) of looking at our universe, and bringing to the forefront the importance of the second law of thermodynamics as an organizing principle in our universe. The problem is that the second law of thermodynamics and evolution are pretty much incompatible, as EC explains...

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To: tacticalogic
Are you submitting that it is impossible for life to have the ability to evolve?

You're going to need to define your term a little more precisely.

Do you mean "evolve from non-life" or "evolve from other, already-existing lifeforms"?

21 posted on 03/30/2010 9:30:14 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
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To: Moonman62
How is the flow of heat incompatible with evolution?

The article refers to "work" energy. Not "heat" energy.

22 posted on 03/30/2010 9:30:58 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: nysuperdoodle
Newton's Laws are incompatible with life.

After all, bodies at rest do not remain at rest.

Q.E.D.

23 posted on 03/30/2010 9:31:54 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

you are correct.


24 posted on 03/30/2010 9:34:00 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Do you mean "evolve from non-life" or "evolve from other, already-existing lifeforms"?

That would be "evolve from other, already-existing lifeforms".

Evolution is not abiogenesis.

25 posted on 03/30/2010 9:37:25 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Westbrook
The problem is that the second law of thermodynamics and evolution are pretty much incompatible

That's about the dumbest thing I've ever read. Evolution and the law of "no right on red until after stop" are also incompatible.
26 posted on 03/30/2010 9:44:22 AM PDT by Filo (Darwin was right!)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Only in the world of creationists is evolution random.


27 posted on 03/30/2010 9:45:52 AM PDT by discostu (wanted: brick, must be thick and well kept)
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To: Tao Yin
No loopholes are required. An open system is different than a closed system.

Both a closed system and an open system's entrophy can change. But without an organizing factor it can only change (overtime) in one direction.

28 posted on 03/30/2010 9:46:12 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: nysuperdoodle
"Latest Physics Theories May Help Challenge Evolution of String Bikinis"

(1) Gravity tends to pull down Warm Globes.

Just remember Einstein ate Fig Newtons and flew on Qantas while formulating the
(2) Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that bodies cool down really fast after a real hot time, sometimes going into a sleepytime mode.

29 posted on 03/30/2010 9:46:17 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
The article refers to "work" energy. Not "heat" energy.

Where do you see that? I see the article incorrectly equating entropy with chaos.

30 posted on 03/30/2010 9:57:23 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: discostu
Only in the world of creationists is evolution random.

The "Creationists" I've talked to understand that neo Darwinism envolves both randomness (chance) and an organizing principle. (i.e.natural selection).

31 posted on 03/30/2010 10:03:49 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

Involves randomness is which genes combine yes. But it is NOT a random process, and every single time anybody tries to attack evolution with the word “random” all they prove is they don’t know what they’re talking about.


32 posted on 03/30/2010 10:05:27 AM PDT by discostu (wanted: brick, must be thick and well kept)
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

“The article refers to “work” energy. Not “heat” energy.”

Ahhh, since when was there a difference?

Hank


33 posted on 03/30/2010 10:06:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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To: discostu

If evolution isn’t random, then it’s directed or organized. That would imply intelligence, would it not?


34 posted on 03/30/2010 10:09:33 AM PDT by nysuperdoodle
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To: Moonman62
Where do you see that? I see the article incorrectly equating entropy with chaos.

Second Law of Thermodaynamics: In any system, entropy (chaos) is always increasing, and any decrease of entropy (chaos) inside a system requires work (intelligence) to be added to the system.

35 posted on 03/30/2010 10:10:01 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: nysuperdoodle

No. There’s a more dynamic world than that. Just because it ain’t random doesn’t mean there’s a plan, it means we can construct what’s happening and why.


36 posted on 03/30/2010 10:13:33 AM PDT by discostu (wanted: brick, must be thick and well kept)
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To: Pollster1
Evolution is not the addition of energy to a system, it is the addition of information. Evolutionary changes are the addition of new information which changes the organism in better ways.

Addition of uncontrolled energy (i.e. the sun) is always destructive and contributes to the breakdown of systems. It must be controlled through the information stored in the cells of plants and animals in order to make the energy constructive (usable).

37 posted on 03/30/2010 10:18:05 AM PDT by wbarmy (I decided to be a sheepdog when I saw what happens to sheep.)
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To: discostu
Involves randomness is which genes combine yes. But it is NOT a random process, and every single time anybody tries to attack evolution with the word “random” all they prove is they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Then you reject neo Darwinism? Last time I checked that was the reigning paradigm. Chance followed by natural selection ...no?

Once selected via "natural selection" from random mutations then the life form maintains itself for a time. But eventually, both individually and as a species succumbs to the inexorable ravages of the second law.


38 posted on 03/30/2010 10:27:41 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

click image in post #38


39 posted on 03/30/2010 10:29:18 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (Sarah Palin "the Thrilla from Wasilla")
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To: nysuperdoodle
The problem is that the second law of thermodynamics and evolution are pretty much incompatibleThe problem is that the second law of thermodynamics and evolution are pretty much incompatible

Darwinian Evolution is an obvious crock.

But suggesting that we don't ever see signs of order arising from chaotic situations is equally fatuous. Take a look at a snowflake sometime.

ML/NJ

40 posted on 03/30/2010 10:31:20 AM PDT by ml/nj
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