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Jesusfreak writes:
Evolution contradicts the second law of thermodynamics, it states that 'all things left to themselves always tend to go from the complex to the simple' which would be the exact opposite from evolution
Hey, Jesusfreak, you do realise that you are giving creationists a bad (worse) name with stuff like that, don’t you? Nah, probably not, I suppose.
1. No, evolution does not contradict the second law. Do you honestly think that, in the 150 years since Darwin and Wallace, no physicist has ever talked to a biologist?
2. As already pointed out, you completely mis-state the second law. I guess you think that a fertilised egg violates the second law by turning into a baby.
3. Under evolution, it is perfectly possible to go from the complex to the simple. Look up
Sacculina barnacles, and have a ponder on the relative simplicity of a snake’s limbless body.
Hmm, what next from Jesusfreak? No transitional fossils, perhaps? Or maybe evolution cannot work because random chance would take forever to assemble even a simple protein?
TTFN, DT
PS I think you'll find, Jesusfreak, that the
First Law of Thermodynamics rules out creation...
[This message has been edited by Darwinsterrier, 10-07-2003]
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