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My first point was about thermodynamics and about the postulation that in a universe where everything moves from order into greater states of chaos that it would seem unlikely that any given number of apes would eventually give rise spontaneously through gradual mutations to a Shakespeare or a Gandhi.
Except the earth, on which we know living things exist, is not a closed system like the universe. It’s being bombarded by energy from the sun. What precisely do you think prevents a localized decrease in entropy on earth?
Entropy decreases can occur spontaneously as long as they are coupled to and overcompensated by entropy increases elsewhere.
Localized entropy decreases occur all the timeare you seriously suggesting that snowflakes don’t really form?
"Chance is a minor ingredient in the Darwinian recipe, but the most important ingredient is cumulative selection which is quintessentially
nonrandom."
--Richard Dawkins,
The Blind Watchmaker
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