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To: MHGinTN

Actually, Entrophy states that there is a migration from areas of high degrees of order, to areas of lower degrees of order.

But, this is in direct conflict if you consider evolution. We see today that animals have changed, becoming more complex over time. But, according to the laws of Thermodynamics - animals should de-evolve. Simply not the case.

As a star burns out, and goes to a Neutron Star - is that not a more complex entitiy than a simple gas giant? Or a Black Hole?

Shouldn’t the earth reach a temperature stabilitiy? Surely, after a gazillion years, we should not have drastic temperature changes.

Why does Algae clump together? Why do Jellyfish clump together? Shouldn’t they essentially spread themselves out in a random or homogenious state?

In supercomputing, where you have a massively parallel processing sytem - there is a level of stability that forms by itself among the threads; where processors form unpredictable but sustained pathways. This is a fundamental part of Neural computing.

All this seems to fly directly in the face of Entrophy.


68 posted on 10/05/2010 1:24:54 PM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: Hodar
But, this is in direct conflict if you consider evolution. We see today that animals have changed, becoming more complex over time. But, according to the laws of Thermodynamics - animals should de-evolve. Simply not the case.

I disagree. My observation is that all the genetic information is there originally and that we are devolving. All Mendel did was learn how to express genes that are are already there. Can you really say a mammal is more complex than a dinosaur? Can you really say man is more complex now than 2000 years ago? I think we have lost, not gained genetic information over time.
70 posted on 10/05/2010 1:37:55 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Hodar

Why does Algae clump together? Why do Jellyfish clump together? Shouldn’t they essentially spread themselves out in a random or homogenious state?


Because energy is put back in the system?


72 posted on 10/05/2010 1:52:24 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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