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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 11:47 PM Original message |
Scientists explain the meaning of life (and we don't matter much) |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Order is Entropic |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. entropy is the amount of "useless" heat in a system. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The heat is real |
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JohnOneillsMemory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Human life and the second law of thermodynamics - enemies? |
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giant_robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Life isn't in conflict |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. certainly, entropy is the key |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. er... that "demon box" is a thought experiment |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. yep, I know that |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Does Maxwell's Demon create energy, or segregate it? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. it segregates it |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-04 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. most people cannot accept reality |
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