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Old May 9, 2003, 11:54   #1
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Creationists take heed
I was looking for something unrelated, and this bit of information is a bit old, but it is very interesting:

Second law of thermodynamics "broken"

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One of the most fundamental rules of physics, the second law of thermodynamics, has for the first time been shown not to hold for microscopic systems.

The demonstration, by chemical physicists in Australia, could place a fundamental limit on miniaturisation, because it suggests that the micro-scale devices envisaged by nanotechnologists will not behave like simple scaled-down versions of their larger counterparts - they could sometimes run backwards.

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I'm dumb, please explain what this has to do with creationists?
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I'm dumb, please explain what this has to do with creationists?
They quote the second law to disprove evolution - as evolution breaks the second law (according to them at least) it cannot be a natural or occuring phenomenon.
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ah I see.... HAW HAW!!
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Considering the more erudite Creationists had already rejected the Second Law rationale (I've seen some Creationist web sites actively pleading with other Creationists not to use the Second Law fallacy, as it makes them look bad), this won't effect serious (*snicker*) debates much. At least it may shut up the more ignorant ones, though.
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nothing shuts up ignorance, Boris...
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demonstration. Yeah right. You expect us to trust that.
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I thought the title of this thread was "Creationists take head"

How disappointing.



"it suggests that the micro-scale devices envisaged by nanotechnologists will not behave like simple scaled-down versions of their larger counterparts - they could sometimes run backwards."


then why not program robots that run backwards, shrink them down and they will be fine?
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Creationism is false. That is all that is needed to disprove the pile of BS it is.
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Fez, that is so true...
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I thought the title of this thread was "Creationists take head"
Me too.
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Creationism is false.
Right, well that's that then. May as well all go home.

Try reasoned argument, Fez, 'cause no-one is going to be convinced by pathetic statements like that from some spotty homosexual Brazilian kid....
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And what does being homosexual matter in this? Surely you wouldn't imply that being gay would make someone less trustworthy, would you?
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I hope that we are able to build an entropy engine one day. That woud be cool.
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And what does being homosexual matter in this? Surely you wouldn't imply that being gay would make someone less trustworthy, would you?
Less trustworthy to a creationist? Definitely!

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Less trustworthy to a creationist? Definitely!

Well, just another reason Creationists are stupid gits, then!
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Well, just another reason Creationists are stupid gits, then!
But you should be persuading them to your point of view -- not just insulting them.
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He can't persuade them to his point of view, if they won't listen to homosexuals.
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But you should be persuading them to your point of view -- not just insulting them
Persuasion is only effective on people who have an open mind and willing to forget pre-conceived notions. Once you accept you can't persuade creationists all that is left is to have fun insulting and ridiculing them.
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But you should be persuading them to your point of view -- not just insulting them
Persuasion is only effective on people who have an open mind and willing to forget pre-conceived notions. Once you accept you can't persuade creationists all that is left is to have fun insulting and ridiculing them.
Bullshit. Anyone can be persuaded.
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Sure, some people might just require the use of a persuasion stick (shotgun).
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loinburger, the persuasion stick is not something to be joked about...
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Creationism is false. That is all that is needed to disprove the pile of BS it is.
You provide no source...you PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy Jesus...you criminal...
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He can't persuade them to his point of view, if they won't listen to homosexuals.
Bingo. How can I persuade someone who won't trust what I say based on my sexual orientation?

More importantly, why would I want to bother?

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Bullshit. Anyone can be persuaded.
Sorry but you won't persuade me to believe otherwise.
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Bingo. How can I persuade someone who won't trust what I say based on my sexual orientation?
I was joking when I said that Creationists wouldn't believe you because you were gay.
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I was joking when I said that Creationists wouldn't believe you because you were gay.
Sadly, that is often not the case. Religious fundamentalism often goes hand-in-hand with moral bigotry.

Besides, it's not much different than them dismissing anything an evolutionist says because the person is an evolutionist, which they do all the time.
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To quote MC Hawking...

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to disprove evolution but their theory has a flaw.
The second law is quite precise about where it applies.
Only in closed systems must the entropy count rise.
The Earth is not a closed system, it's powered by the sun.
So **** the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!"
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