creationism v. entropy

[Hershom K. Bazerman]

The real flaw in the argument is that the earth isn't a closed system at 
all, but rather is quite open (getting oodles of energy from the sun and 
all).

--Gershom K. Bazerman <bazerman at cs.ucsb.edu>
On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, W. Satterthwaite wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:35:17 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Robert Bruno <brunnr01 at mclb91.med.nyu.edu>
> > To: list pynchon <pynchon-l at sfu.ca>
> > Subject: creationism v. entropy
> > In-Reply-To: <m0tsHbc-000OBkC at sun2.iafrica.com>
> 
> > While on the topic of entropy, I must relate this argument I had with a 
> > Born again Christian regarding the creation of life from a 
> > chaotic bowl of heated soup, which he says goes directly *against* the
> > 2nd law of thermodynamics:  therefore, this primordial evolutionism could 
> > not have occured, thus validating his belief in creationism as stated in 
> > the Bible.  His theory, *not* mine.  Just thought it was interesting...
> 
>   If I remember my college physics, entropy in a closed system 
>   must increase.  Within that system, however, there can be regions
>   of decreasing entropy (drawing energy from other parts). 
> 
> 	WS
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