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Old March 5th 09, 05:08 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.geo.geology,alt.philosophy
tension_on_the_wire
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Default If an Impact Destroyed Earth, would 'God' Care?

On Mar 4, 7:40*pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
* "Apparently with no surprise
* * To any happy flower,
* * The frost beheads it at its play
* * In accidental power.

* * *The blond assassin passes on,
* * *The sun proceeds unmoved
* * * To measure off another day
* * * For an approving God."

Nope!

Not at all, I believe if there is a god, 'He' would approve.

As the primary driving force for the evolution of all things is change.
The basic element of life and the universe is found in ...far...from
equilibrium systems, not near equilibrium. *Events...random events
are required to fuel the dynamics needed to initiate self organizing
or evolving systems which define our material and living reality.

To the very core, it's randomness that is the source of all Creation.

After all, a totally disordered or random system has as it's future
only one possible direction, towards more order. As is shown in the
study of random boolean networks.


I'm afraid your basic premise is incorrect. The system to which you
are assigning a random state is one made of atoms. When it comes to
order and chaos, atoms tend to follow the laws of thermodynamics, not
the behaviour of random boolean networks. And the laws of
thermodynamics are pretty clear about the fact that order begets chaos
in closed systems, and it is irrelevant whether you are examining very
small molecular systems or those of great big astronomical bodies.
The concept of absolute zero, in heat measurement, describes exactly
what happens in a closed system which is allowed to run down to total
chaos and zero order. Those systems do not reassemble themselves
spontaneously into ordered systems. Show me at least one example
where this is not the case and I'll be happy to retract.

--tension