paxstickers.blogg.se - Second law of thermodynamics evolution argument

However, in the case of the evolution of living things, this "energy conversion mechanism" is strangely absent! Nevertheless, it is an incontrovertible axiom of thermodynamics that if energy is available (in this case, from foodstuffs) a spontaneous decrease in cell entropy is possible.Ĭreationists take advantage of the general lack of specific data for the thermodyanmics of cell growth by postulating a pseudo science explanation for the obvious flaw in their argument: if all systems can only go in the direction of universal decay, then how can one explain the growth of living things, which is just the opposite of universal decay? Creationist propaganda postulates, with no scientific justification whatever, an "energy conversion mechanism" for living things that "overcomes" the laws of thermodynamics. Although these parameters have been established for many biochemical reactions, the knowledge of how these thermodynamic functions interact in living cells is far from complete. Therefore thermodynamics applications are limited to man-made devices and chemical changes for which values of thermodynamic quantities (entropy, free energy, etc.) have been determined. Thermodynamics deals in a quantitative manner with the relationship between heat and work. However, the mathematical laws of thermodynamics make it perfectly clear: it is possible for the entropy of a system to spontaneously decrease, providing the over-all entropy of the system's surroundings increases to a greater degree. According to creationists, entropy can only increase, resulting in a "universal decay" of any and all systems. To explain how the water got to the top of the hill without violatingĬreationists promote the falsehood that the second law of thermodynamics does not permit entropy to spontaneously decrease, and therefore evolution could not have happened. One example they give is that water can never flow uphill,īecause, in doing so it would violate the laws of thermodynamics. In simplest terms, creationists believe that every process in nature The following is a digest of my talk.origins FAQS article on theĬreationist thermodynamics argument.