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In reply
to Drexlus: The dastardly second law
of thermodynamics confuses once again!
The second law permits LOCAL increases
of order, so long as the total order of
the Universe decreases as a whole. The
Universe began with more order than it
has now, despite localised regions of
relative order, such as our solar system
- and us. As for the pile of bricks analogy,
this is a bad analogy here, because the
bricks are not strongly bound to each
other by localised order-causing forces,
in the way that atoms are by electromagnetism,
and planets/stars are by gravity. To improve
your analogy - if you throw down bricks
containing powerful magnets - then you
would see the creation of local order
of sorts. When the bricks collide as they
clump together they radiate sound and
heat energy. This increases the disorder
of the environment, more than counterbalancing
the local increase in order.
Thanks for the talkbacks so far
- Jim
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