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To: DocCincy

” Second law of thermodynamics says that all tends toward disorder—that entropy is constantly increasing”

Too rich. Quoting what you don’t understand from the body of science that you reject. Jesus must be thrilled.


81 posted on 07/14/2007 1:00:46 PM PDT by gcruse (Let's strike Iran while it's hot.)
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To: gcruse

The thing is that the Earth isn’t a closed system. It is constantly receiving vast quantities of input energy from the Sun, which plants use to grow, which animals eat—a process that has carried on since the beginning of life on Earth.

However, the total amount of matter organized and energy concentrated by the biosphere is pretty minuscule compared to the total heat output of the Sun, so the second law and evolution don’t really collide. On the larger scale, entropy still wins out big time.


241 posted on 07/14/2007 9:20:39 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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