Re: The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - Irrelevant to Origins

"On 18 Apr 2006 06:55:41 -0700, in article
<1145368541.194956.313630@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, gesres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
stated..."

<<saying that the 2nd law of thermodynamics doesn't apply to the earth.
And that would mean that the 2nd law of thermodynamics is useless.
Obviously, the 2lot does apply to open systems. >>

That's silly. The 2nd law doesn't apply to the earth as a whole, but
it does apply to closed systems within the earth.


(I seem to recognize my language in your unattributed quotation.
That's why I'm answering this, rather than leaving it to the
thermodynamics experts - whom, I expect, will be soon heard from.)

The 2nd law of thermodynamics applies to the whole earth. It
applies to open sytems as well as to closed systems.


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---Tom S. <http://talkreason.org/articles/chickegg.cfm>
"It is not too much to say that every indication of Design in the Kosmos is so
much evidence against the Omnipotence of the Designer. ... The evidences ... of
Natural Theology distinctly imply that the author of the Kosmos worked under
limitations..." John Stuart Mill, "Theism", Part II

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