In article <1994Aug21.194037.1 at ucsvax>, jdwren at aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (DON'T DRINK AND PARK --- ACCIDENTS CAUSE PEOPLE) says:
>>In article <333gnf$tk at bbs.pnl.gov>, rs_mckee at pnl.gov (Robert S. McKee) writes:
>>>>>>Could someone please explain to me simply the theories of Darwin, Lamarck
>>>and others on human evolution. References would also be appreciated.
>>>>>>> Simply stated, evolution is the belief that physical systems (in this
>> case biological systems)
>> spontaneously through random processes organize themselves into states of
>> higher-order. Unfortunately, this violates the entropy laws which tell
>> us that all physical systems tend toward greater disorder.
>> Ref: Thermodynamics With an Introduction to Thermostatistics,
>> Herbert B. Callen, 3rd ed.
>> Actually, the law of entropy (also known as the 2nd law of
>thermodynamics) applies to CLOSED systems. The Earth is not a closed
>system, it receives energy input from the sun. Nice try, reverend.
>>> <-- Jonathan Wren -->
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Thanks for the complement...however, I am an engineer by education.
I might point out the application of the laws of thermodynamics to
OPEN systems is standard engineering practice, and has been for
over a century...the closed system is merely a mathematical abstraction.
All real systems are open. -- RS McKee
