Re: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Greg Billock (billgr@cco.caltech.edu)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:32:53 -0800 (PST)Ron Chitwood:
> >>OK, so what relationship are you proposing between the second law of
> thermodynamics and speciation? Are you proposing that the one rules out
> the other? If so, how?<<
>
> 2LoT, being all-inclusive, indicates everything proceeds from order to
> disorder naturally over time. Macroevolution, on the other hand, indicates
> that disorder becomes order at one point in time, then replicates itself
> naturally to increasing complexity and order. As the old colloquialism
> states, 'that dog won't hunt.'
What does speciation have to do with order or disorder? Which is more
"orderly," two groups of organisms which can interbreed or two groups
which cannot?
-Greg