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Meldinoor
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Message 62 of 357 (543424)
01-18-2010 12:17 AM
Reply to: Message 58 by Buzsaw
01-15-2010 11:01 PM


Entropy
Buzsaw writes:
Imo, progressing from the alleged singularity to the magnitude of complexity observed today would require an illogical and phenomenal aggregate decrease of entropy; impossible, even.
And this is where you are wrong. Admittedly, the Universe may contain more interesting stuff now than it did shortly after the expansion. Things like stars, planets, people, etc. But entropy doesn't measure the "prettiness" of the Universe.
Ever heard of Cosmic Background Radiation? COBE (the Cosmic Background Observer) detected differences in temperature in the early universe. See here
In a universe that was fully run down, where entropy was high, we would not see these temperature differences; the "seeds" of galaxies as it were. The universe today exhibits more entropy than back then, just like it will have more entropy in another 15 billion years. Nowhere is any law of thermodynamics violated.
Respectfully,
-Meldinoor
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