[griffin]

Must say I'm very interested in your defenses. Well done. Can't wait to digest all of it. Have only read a small portion but have wondered for a long time whether the second law of thermodynamics could be studied to obtain useful insights into the subject on the ability of life to form randomly.

If we look at entropy, with the notion of applying it to amino acids and DNA processes, can we draw any analogies toward natural processes progressing along the trend of increasing disorder??

At any rate...BUMP for further study! :)

[Southack]

"Have only read a small portion but have wondered for a long time whether the second law of thermodynamics could be studied to obtain useful insights into the subject on the ability of life to form randomly."

Not really. The 2nd applies to a closed system. For an open system it only identifies a probable trend, and that's almost useless for what we're discussing.