[[Secondly, life does in fact maintain and repair itself without violating any laws of thermodynamics,]]
It’s never been a question about life doing so- what violates thermodynamics is hte idea that biological life could arise in violation of the second law- Yes, life does maintain itself without violating the second law, BUT life is also subject to the second law AFTER all the processes and maintainances are inplace and able to cope with the ill effects of the law.
[[and populations do change as environments change.]]
No quesiton about it, however, this doesn’t mean they macrochange, or macroevolve, and secondly, this also doesn’t mean that the environment is hte source of metainfo
your link goes to “We’re sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site” Are htere any articles you know of discussing that book? I’d liek to take a look at it- perhaps just give hte title- I can do the search for articles discussing it
This one should work. Somehow a space got into the first url.
http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Clues-Origin-Life-Cairns-Smith/dp/0521275229