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Dr Adequate
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Message 22 of 27 (391275)
03-24-2007 9:01 AM


The Second Law of Thermodynamics:
There is no process that, operating in a cycle, produces no other effect than the subtraction of a positive amount of heat from a reservoir and the production of an equal amount of work.
Yes, well done. That is the actual second law of thermodynamics. To be precise, it's the Kelvin-Planck statement of the second law.
What I don't see is why you believe that this law is falsified by evolution.
Which aspect of the theory of evolution do you think disproves the second law of thermodynamics? The laws of genetics? The law of natural selection? What?
Normally when fundies pretend that there's a conflict between evolution and thermodynamics, they don't know what the second law is, or the meaning of the word "thermodynamics". But clearly you do --- so how can you possibly believe that there's a discrepancy? The theory of evolution says nothing at all about the efficiency of heat engines, and you must surely be aware of this.
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

  
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