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To: johnnyb_61820

According to this hilarious misunderstanding of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, it's impossible for a mighty oak tree grow out of a tiny acorn.


687 posted on 12/29/2005 1:23:31 PM PST by shuckmaster (An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
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To: shuckmaster; bobdsmith

In the cases of the Oak Tree and the Acorn, or the computer chips, you have a program which is directing/localizing the entropy losses and gains. Without the program, the entropy losses available are statistically small. It is the program that allows the large localized entropy losses.

This is precisely what intelligent agents do -- they create order out of chaotic systems.


689 posted on 12/29/2005 1:30:24 PM PST by johnnyb_61820
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