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No. I simply gave a counter-example to a claim--thus the claim is refuted. His claim is: all beings that are alive also age. The counter-example makes so that
by esahione 10y ago
No. I simply gave a counter-example to a claim--thus the claim is refuted.
His claim is: all beings that are alive also age. The counter-example makes so that his argument is false (hydras are alive, but do not age).
I didn't claim that being alive means you outlive the universe. Because that would be false. Everything alive is subject to the laws of thermodynamics (need energy to keep up the entropy-fighting machinery)--no food, no hydra.
- duaneb 10y ago> hydras are alive, but do not age The point is that a hydra that does not age is clearly violating the laws of thermodynamics; hence, eventually, they will age (as you pointed out).
- esahione 10y agoNo it isn't violating thermodynamics - it's not a closed system. Eventually they will die of hunger or, what is more likely, being eaten by a predator.
- PhasmaFelis 10y agoNothing in thermodynamics says that it's impossible for a self-repairing system to continue to exist until it either runs out of resources or is destroyed by outside forces.
- malka 10y agoHydra are not a closed system. They can lower their entropy at the expense of their surrounding