Which helps to make a point that is implicit in what I wrote: There is a kind of "evolution" in the understanding of the great laws of the universe. The statistical interpretation is one of the ways in which Newton's second law can be understood which, in Boltzmann's time extended only to the description of ideal gases. Today, others are working on an interpretation that is better capable of describing physical proccesses going on in living systems.
But I have a sneaky feeling you would simply detest their work, RWP. You may have many virtues; but open-mindedness doesn't appear to be one of them. JMHO FWIW
BB, you don't spend nearly as much time in the science threads as I do, so you can't be aware of how much genuine nonsense and venomous anti-science hostility Right Wing Professor has to deal with. Don't take it personally if he sometimes seems a bit gruff. He really puts up with a lot from some truly nasty posters. All of the academic scientists do when they post information for our benefit. This is deplorable, but it seems to be something we're stuck with in the science threads. Someone of his academic standing has a great deal to offer, and we're fortunate that he spends time with us.
I have no tolerance for fraud. In my opinion, posting a lengthy and tendentious arugment based on material whose elements you do not understand, with plausible detail thrown in to fake out the unwary, is fraud. YMMV.