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Originally posted by Floris O:
Here we go with the second law of thermodynamics again. That lawy states that in a closed system entropy will increase. The earth is per definition not a closed system. Have you ever seen the sun in the sky? Well, that's input of energy.
I believe you are slightly confused with my argument. I never claimed that the 2nd Law violates evolution, I claimed (perhaps incorrectly) that it is inconsistent with an oscillating universe.
"But this is different from "losing" energy. It just means that the energy available for work is reducing. The amount of energy is the same, it just takes different form."
Yes, you are indeed right. Although it DID sound like it, I did not mean to imply that the universe is losing energy.
"I have had this explained to me, but I don't understand it well enough at the moment to explain it to you."
That's fine with me. I'm not quite ready to get into all of this cosmological stuff.