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kuresu
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Message 48 of 52 (312511)
05-16-2006 4:09 PM
Reply to: Message 45 by Hyroglyphx
05-16-2006 10:39 AM


Re: Gene transfer
quick point.
2LoT deals with, well, thermodynamics. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that mean it deals with heat?
Since when does information, or the deterioration of houses (in your example) deal with heat?
As far as I can tell, they don't. Evolution doesn't violate the 2Lo Thermodynamics, as it doesn't violate the increase of entropy (heat) in a closed system. The earth, for practical purposes, is not a closed system, so in biology, there is not an increase of entropy(heat). As many have said, the change is nill because the disorder in life is countered by the order made with energy.
You will need a new law of entropy in order to begin to disprove evolution, and even then you most likely will not.

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