• Snot Flickerman
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    1 day ago

    The second law, as we now know, is quite clear to state
    That entropy must increase and not dissipate
    Creationists always try to use the second law
    To disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw
    The second law is quite precise about where it applies
    Only in a closed system must the entropy count rise
    The earth’s not a closed system, it’s powered by the sun
    So fuck the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun

    You down with Entropy?

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        23 hours ago

        Living things are “entropy eaters” — they take in energy, reduce their own entropy, and poop out entropy to the environment. This is fine, and it doesn’t violate any thermodynamics if you look at the whole picture.

        So I think the point is that creationists take a myopic view and only look at the creature itself, where indeed it reduces its own entropy…but that’s because the creationists are stupid and ignore, you know…everything else.

        This is true not only for individual animals, but for evolution itself — more complexity in animals can be viewed as a decrease in entropy (again, this is only a problem if you ignore the rest of the universe).

        Their argument is the same as saying that you can open your fridge door to cool off your room.

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        24 hours ago

        We have almost infinite energy to use from the Sun

        I think I posted an entirely jokey comment in reference to this specific line in your comment.

        Thus:

        The earth’s not a closed system, it’s powered by the sun