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> There is no reason that human beings cannot live forever. There are plenty of fundamental reasons for why we can't. > Gompertz Law is not a law of physics,
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> There is no reason that human beings cannot live forever.
There are plenty of fundamental reasons for why we can't.
> Gompertz Law is not a law of physics, but a law of observation (...)
Second law of thermodynamics.
- pmelendez 13y agoFrom wikipedia: "The second law is an empirically validated postulate of thermodynamics" [1] And "Empirical evidence (also empirical data, sense experience, empirical knowledge, or the a posteriori) is a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation" [2] So, it is a law by observation after all. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence
- statusgraph 13y agoBy that definition all laws of physics are laws of observation.