{"id":57584,"date":"2017-11-18T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/?p=57584"},"modified":"2017-11-18T14:57:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T14:57:15","slug":"can-evolution-be-possible-if-entropy-is-true-or-rather-is-evolution-possible-because-entropy-is-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/can-evolution-be-possible-if-entropy-is-true-or-rather-is-evolution-possible-because-entropy-is-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Evolution be possible if Entropy is true; or rather, is Evolution possible because Entropy is true!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So what is Entropy?<\/p>\n<p>To follow in the tradition of Maimonides. Entropy is NOT a tendency to disorder! I need to thank Joe Felsenstein for directing me to Frank L. Lambert\u2019s insights on a previous thread probably best left alone. Here is a great site to elucidate Lambert\u2019s insights:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/entropysite.oxy.edu\/<\/p>\n<p>What about Evolution? Can complex systems arise naturally and spontaneously into higher tiers of complexity and order and opportunity\u2014according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics\u2014 and all without divine intervention commonly described as Intelligent Design or Irreducible Complexity?<\/p>\n<p>Sean Carroll has much to offer on this question:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kvHKKlSjOP\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/entropy-and-complexity-cause-and-effect-life-and-time\/\">Entropy and Complexity, Cause and Effect, Life and Time<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Entropy and Complexity, Cause and Effect, Life and Time&#8221; &#8212; Sean Carroll\" src=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/entropy-and-complexity-cause-and-effect-life-and-time\/embed\/#?secret=aJktVLdZjy#?secret=kvHKKlSjOP\" data-secret=\"kvHKKlSjOP\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Participants should refrain from arc-reflex boiler-plate diatribes echoing previously held opinion and first examine what Carroll has to say. Failure to do so will merit cyber-smack downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what is Entropy? To follow in the tradition of Maimonides. Entropy is NOT a tendency to disorder! I need to thank Joe Felsenstein for directing me to Frank L. Lambert\u2019s insights on a previous thread probably best left alone. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/can-evolution-be-possible-if-entropy-is-true-or-rather-is-evolution-possible-because-entropy-is-true\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theskepticalzone.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}