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Maxwell's Demon reminds me of the argument for intelligent design. I forget the logic, but someone has shown that life in the primordial ooze does not violate
by engineer_22 6y ago
Maxwell's Demon reminds me of the argument for intelligent design.
I forget the logic, but someone has shown that life in the primordial ooze does not violate the 2nd law. Can someone link?
- FabHK 6y agoThe misguided notion that life violates the 2nd law is easily refuted by the observation that a living being is not a closed system, but requires energy (food, sunlight). And putting a living being in an enclosed box does indeed end life fairly soon. Not sure what the further argument about the primordial ooze is.
- throwaway_isms 6y agoIf I understand your underlying question, then maybe the topic you are looking for is complexity vs entropy. Where complexity, such as life, would seem to violate the law of entropy. It may be worth searching "complexity vs entropy", I think I have seen lectures by both Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Greene on the topic. I didn't put to much time looking for the lectures, but here is a quick Q/A from Neil's podcast which touches on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkpG79cbEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkpG79cbEE