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Entropy and the immutable law of death

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Dr Adequate
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09-22-2007 5:52 AM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Hyroglyphx
09-21-2007 4:57 PM

Re: What are the different kinds of entropy, anyhow?
As far as it relates to biological function, the argument is designed to refute the poor argument that entropy only corresponds to closed systems.
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So far as I know, no-one has ever argued that "entropy only corresponds to closed systems", a phrase which doesn't actually mean anything, and which gets no google hits whatsoever.
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And yet we know for certain that it exists. Attach whatever coefficient seems fitting. The point is, it is as axiomatic as the 2LoT is.
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So there's some law which you can't define, but you know it to be "axiomatic"?
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No Nobel Prize for you, my lad.
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Dr Adequate
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09-22-2007 10:19 AM 		Reply to: Message 15 by JonF
09-22-2007 8:52 AM

Re: What are the different kinds of entropy, anyhow?
I have seen many an "evolutionist" argue that "the second law only applies to closed systems" without the appropriate caveats.
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Which is not what nemesis_juggernaut said.
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Edited by Dr Adequate, : Because for all his faults nemesis_juggernaut is not randman.
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