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Science And Creation
Dr. Heinz Lycklama
[email protected]
www.osta.com/creation
Frog + time (instantaneous) -> Prince = Fairy Tale
Frog + time (300 million yrs.) -> Prince = Science
Dr. Gish, ICR
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing
on the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton.
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Science and Creation
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Assumptions and the search for truth
What is science?
Scientific method
Origins – Evolution or Creation?
Creation and Evolution models
Which model best fits the facts?
Basic predictions of the models
Looking at the scientific evidence
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Origin of matter, energy and natural law
1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics
Origin of Man
Origin of Life – Mathematical Probability
Scientific Disciplines founded by Bible-believing Scientists
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Assumptions and the
Search for Truth
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How Our Thought System Works
Assumptions (held by faith)
DATA
Conclusions
Logical thought is the means by which we draw conclusions
from the facts/data after starting with certain assumptions.
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Applying This Thinking to the
Creation/Evolution Controversy
Assumptions A
Assumptions B
DATA
Conclusions A
Conclusions B
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The Impact of Assumptions
Creator Can Act
No Creator Allowed
GODISNOWHERE
GOD IS NOW HERE
GOD IS NOWHERE
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Two Thought Systems
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Creator Acted
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Supernatural origins
Purpose/design
Miracle
Event
Creation
Creator Didn’t Act
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Naturalistic origins
Random chance
Properties of matter
Natural process
Evolution
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What Is Science?
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“Operational” Science
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Postulate theory -> make observations ->
prove/falsify theory
Using the Scientific Method
“Origins” Science
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Were you there at the
beginning?
Model of Creation
Model of Evolution
Which model fits the
observed facts best?
“Forensic” science
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Scientific Method
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Make observations
Develop a hypothesis
or theory that explains
the observations
Conduct experiments to test accuracy
and predictions made by the theory
Draw conclusions
Repeat experiments to verify results and eliminate
sources of inaccuracy
Report results so others can repeat the experiment(s)
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Theory Criteria
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To apply scientific methodology, the theory must
meet these criteria:
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Must be falsifiable or verifiable
Must make quantifiable predictions
Experimental results must be repeatable
Must be as simplistic as possible with no unnecessary
components (Occam’s Razor)
Adherence to the methodology allows for selfcorrection and increases confidence in the
assumptions made by scientific philosophy
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Present +
Repeatable +
Observable =
SCIENCE
Past +
Non-Repeatable +
Eyewitness Account =
HISTORY
Past +
Non-Repeatable +
No Eyewitnesses =
BELIEF
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Origins - Evolution or Creation?
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“Science is the search for truth”
Hypothesis, theory, model, law, or fact?
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Fact – proven to be true
Law – no known exception
Theory – testable, falsifiable, based on empirical
findings
Hypothesis – provisionally explains some fact
Model – simplified representation of reality
Which is Evolution? Creation?
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A model – let’s see why …
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Models of Origins
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We can neither observe nor repeat “origins”
Origins “theories” cannot be tested or proven
We have two models (not theories) of origins
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Creation and Evolution
Models can be compared as to their respective
capacities for correlating observable data
Evolutionists regard evolution as “a proven fact”
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They believe that evolutionism is science and that
creationism is religion
Evolutionists are unable to prove evolution
Thousands of scientists believe in creation
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Creation Model
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Involves a process of special creation in
the beginning
All the basic laws and categories of nature
brought into existence by special creative
processes which are no longer in operation
today
Distinct kinds exist today as they have
existed in the past
Processes of creation replaced by
processes of conservation
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Evolution Model
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Explains origin, development and meaning of
all things in terms of natural laws and processes
which operate today as they have in the past
No extraneous processes requiring an external
agent (i.e. a Creator) are permitted
The universe in all respects evolves itself into
higher levels of order (particles to people),
elements -> complex chemicals -> simple
living systems -> complex life -> man
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Testing Origins Models
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Creation cannot be proved:
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Not happening now, so far as can be observed
The scientific method cannot repeat Creation
Cannot ascertain whether Creation took place (except
through divine revelation)
Evolution cannot be proved:
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Operates too slowly to be measurable, if it is taking place
The scientific method cannot be used to measure it
Small variations in organisms, observed today, are not
relevant (can’t be used to distinguish between creation
and evolution)
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Two Models of Origins
Evolution Model
Creation Model
Naturalistic
Supernaturalistic
Self-contained
Externally directed
Non-purposive
Purposive
Directional (increasing complexity) Directional (decreasing order)
Irreversible
Irreversible
Universal
Universal
Uniformitarianism (the present is
the key to the past)
Completed, Catastrophism
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Which Model Best Fits The Facts?
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Creation and Evolution are the only two
models of origins
Both models should be considered as equal
alternatives and evaluated objectively in
terms of their relative abilities to correlate
and explain scientific data
The model that incorporates the most data
and has the smallest number of unresolved
issues is the most likely to be true
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Basic Assumptions of Creationism
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The Bible is the inerrant Word of God
God is Creator
Man is created
Man is fallen and dependent on God
Creation is dependent on God
God reveals Himself in Scripture (Special
Revelation)
God reveals Himself in nature (General Revelation)
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Basic Assumptions of Evolution
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Non-living things gave rise to living matter, i.e.
spontaneous generation occurred once
Viruses, bacteria, plants and animals are related
Protozoa (single-celled life forms) gave rise to
metazoa (multiple-celled life forms)
Various invertebrate phyla are interrelated
The invertebrates gave rise to vertebrates
Within the vertebrates the fish gave rise to
amphibia, the amphibia to reptiles, and the
reptiles to birds and animals
Man evolved from ape-like ancestor
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Basic Predictions of The Models
Category
Basic Predictions of
Evolution Model
Basic Predictions of
Creation Model
Galactic universe
Galaxies changing
Structure of stars
Stars changing into other types Stars unchanged
Other heavenly bodies
Building up
Breaking down
Types of rock formations
Different in different “ages”
Similar in all “ages"
Appearance of life
Life evolving from non-life
Life only from life
Array of organisms
Continuum of organisms
Distinct kinds of organisms
Appearance of kinds of life New kinds appearing
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Galaxies constant
No new kinds appearing
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Basic Predictions of The Models - 2
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Basic Predictions of
Evolution Model
Basic Predictions of
Creation Model
Mutations in organisms Beneficial
Harmful
Natural selection
Creative process
Conservative process
Fossil record
Innumerable transitions
Systematic gaps
Appearance of man
Ape-human intermediates
No ape-human
intermediates
Nature of man
Quantitatively superior to animals
Qualitatively distinct from
animals
Origin of civilization
Slow and gradual
Contemporaneous with man
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Looking At The Scientific Evidence
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Origin of matter, energy and natural law
Origin of the solar system
Teleology – study of evidences of design
in nature, e.g. Anthropic Principle
Classification of biological organisms
Natural selection and mutations
(vestigial organs)
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More on the Scientific Evidence
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Origin of man
Origin of life – probability
The fossil record
Geologic ages – Uniformitarianism vs.
Catastrophism
Age of the world (earth/universe)
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#1 - Origin of Matter,
Energy & Natural Law
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Evolution model predicts:
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Matter, energy and laws could still be changing
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Might have evolved in the past since there is no external
agent to bring evolution to a stop
Systems can evolve to higher levels of complexity
Creation model predicts:
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Basic laws would not now be changing
Fundamental nature of matter and energy would
not now be changing
Finished in the past, conserved in the present
Matter should go from order to disorder
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The Laws of Nature
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Everything in the universe is bound by laws
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Physics, chemistry, mathematics, life, logic
Universal constants, planetary motion
Laws of nature are uniform throughout the universe
Explain the logical orderly state of the universe
Consequences of laws of nature
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Laws require a law-giver
Laws of nature are consistent with creation
Laws of nature make science possible!
“ordinances of heaven and earth” Jer. 33:25
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The Laws of Physics
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Describe behavior of universe at its most
fundamental level
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How the universe operates today
How light propagates
How energy is transported
How gravity operates
How mass moves through space
Mathematical in nature
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F = ma
E = mc**2
[acceleration of mass]
[conservation of energy]
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The Laws of Physics - 2
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Universal constants
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Strength of fundamental forces, e.g. gravity
Mass of fundamental particles, e.g. electron
Electromagnetic coupling constant makes
molecules possible
Anthropic Principle
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Laws of physics fine-tuned for human life
Derived laws of physics and chemistry
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Laws of Chemistry
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Life requires a specific chemistry
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Laws of chemistry just right for life
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Depend on laws of physics
Hydrogen and Oxygen react to form water
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Human body depends on chemical reactions
Information stored on long molecule – DNA
Special properties, e.g. ice floats
Elements organized into periodic table
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Properties of elements and compounds
Outermost electrons determine physical
characteristics of the atom
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Laws of Planetary Motion
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Kepler discovered that planets in our solar system
obey three laws of nature
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Planets orbit in ellipses
Planets sweep out equal
areas in equal times
Exact mathematical relationship
between planet’s distance from
the sun and its orbital period,
i.e. p**2 = a**3
Kepler’s laws also apply to orbit of moons
Laws of planetary motion are derived from laws
of gravity and motion (Newton)
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Laws of Mathematics
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Laws of physics are highly mathematical in nature
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Laws and principles of mathematics
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Would not work otherwise
Addition, multiplication, transitive, etc.
Commutative properties of addition/multiplication
Binomial theorem
Laws of mathematics
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Abstract, not attached to any specific part of the
universe
A “transcendent truth”, not part of the physical
universe
“Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.” Plato
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Nature of Mathematical Laws
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Secular view of law of mathematics
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Cannot account for the laws
Not part of the physical universe
Christian view of law of mathematics
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God’s nature is logical and mathematical
Any created universe is mathematical in nature
There is a God beyond the universe
Mathematics reflects the thoughts of God
Mathematics illustrates God’s immutability
Discovered by human beings, not invented
“Thinking God’s thoughts after Him.” Kepler
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Laws of Logic
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Transcendent truths
Depended on by the laws of nature
Law of non-contradiction
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Make reasoning possible
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Cannot have both “A” and “not A” at the same time
and in the same relationship
God cannot contradict Himself, Num. 23:19
God is logical
Reflect God’s nature
Man, created in God’s image, instinctively knows
the laws of logic
Secularist cannot account for these laws
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More On The Natural Laws
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The first two laws of thermodynamics are
constant:
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Other constant laws include:
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The total energy of any system remains the same
The entropy of a system increases over time
Law of gravity
Conservation of momentum
Conservation of electric charge
Did natural laws evolve?
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There is no evidence of this
Laws of nature are uniform throughout the cosmos
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The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
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2nd Law - The entropy of a system increases with time
Entropy is defined as “a measure of the quantity of
energy not capable of conversion into work”
2nd Law holds in the fields of classical thermodynamics
(unavailability of energy for further work), statistical
thermodynamics (decreased order of the system’s
structure), as well as in informational thermodynamics
(lost/distorted information)
Creation predicts and is supported by the First and
Second Laws of Thermodynamics
Let’s see what Dr. Gish [ICR] has to say …
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Asimov’s Definition of 2nd Law
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“Another way of stating the
Second Law, then, is:
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‘The universe is constantly
getting more disorderly’.”
Asimov, Isaac. 1970.
In the game of energy and thermodynamics you
can’t even break even. Smithsonian 1 (August):
10.
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Asimov’s Definition of 2nd Law
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“Viewed that way, we can see the
Second Law all about us. We have to
work hard to straighten a room, but left
to itself, it becomes a mess again very
quickly and very easily.
Even if we never enter it, it
becomes dusty and musty.”
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Asimov’s Definition of 2nd Law
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“In fact, all we have
to do is nothing, and
everything
deteriorates,
collapses, breaks
down, wears out, all
by itself – and that
is what the Second
Law is all about.”
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More on the 2nd Law
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All things left to themselves always
tend to go from the complex to the
simple, from the organized to the
disorganized.
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Evolution would require just
the opposite… the continual
building up from the simplest
to the more complex forms.
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The Biologist’s Problem
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“…the apparent contradiction by evolution
of the second law of thermodynamics.
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Systems should decay through time,
giving less, not more, order.”
Lewin, Roger. 1982. A downward slope to great diversity. Science 217 (24
September):1239.
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The Evolutionist’s Response
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“One legitimate response to this
challenge is that life on earth is an
open system with respect to energy
and therefore the process of Evolution
sidesteps the law’s demand for
increasing disorder with time.”
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More on the 2nd Law
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Entropy (simplicity) increases
in a closed system.
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2nd Law and Open Systems
Entropy normally increases
more rapidly in a system
open to the influx of
external energy
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Increasing Complexity
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Conditions for increasing complexity in
an Open System:
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Open system
Available energy
Note: These two conditions are satisfied
by all systems on earth
Therefore, though necessary, they are
not sufficient conditions
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Storage Required
3. Mechanism for storing and
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converting incoming energy
Photosynthesis in plants
Metabolism in animals
Machinery in
artificial
construction
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Program Required
4. Program to “direct” the growth
of complexity
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Examples:
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“Genetic code” in DNA
of living systems
“Plans and specifications”
for construction of an
artificial system
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Insufficiency of External Energy
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“…the simple expenditure of energy is not
sufficient to develop and maintain order. A
bull in a china shop performs work, but he
neither creates nor maintains organization.
The work needed is particular work; it must
follow specifications; it requires information
on how to proceed.”
Simpson, George. G., and William Beck. 1965. Life: An introduction to biology. 2d ed. New York: Harcourt,
Brace, and World Pub. Co. p. 466.
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Conditions For Increasing
Complexity in an Open System
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Necessary, but not sufficient conditions:
1. Open System
2. Available Energy
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Additional requirements:
3. Mechanism for storing and converting
incoming energy
4. Program (to “direct” the growth of complexity)
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#6 - The Origin of Man
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Evolution model predicts:
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Molecules -> man
Man evolved from an
ape-like ancestor
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Man’s appearance has
remained largely the same
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Famous “Hominid” Fossils
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Neanderthal Man – 1856
Java Man – 1891
Piltdown Man – 1908
Nebraska Man – 1922
Ramapithecus – 1930
Lucy - 1974
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Neanderthal Man
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Fossil fragments first found in
France – 1856
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Neanderthal Man’s Site in Krapina, 1899-1999
Another almost complete skeleton found in 1908
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Skull cap and some limb bones
Diagnosed as human with deformed vertebrae
Reconstructed by Marcelle Boule to look ape-like
Based on pre-conceived evolutionary notions
Faulty reconstruction recognized in 1957
Neanderthal is now known to be fully human with
a bone deformity
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School textbooks still portray as man’s ancestor
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Java Man
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Discovered by Eugene Dubois in 1891
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In 1940 Dubois admitted
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Ape-like skull cap, and 3 teeth later on
Brain size of 900 cc (2/3 of ave. man)
Human-like thigh bone found 50 feet
away one year later
Assumed they went together
Fossils dated at 500,000 years (guesswork based on
assumed evolutionary model)
He found two human skulls in same area as the human
thigh bone – 30 years later
Java Man now regarded as an artificial construct
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Still in textbooks as support for evolution
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Piltdown Man
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Fossil fragments found in 1908
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Part of a human skull and part of a
lower ape-like jaw
Estimated to be 500,000 years old
Discovered to be a fraud in 1953
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Lower jaw and tooth were from
orangutan
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Tooth had been filed
Parts of lower jaw broken to hide the
fact that it did not fit with the skull
Skull was dated at ~620 years old
and dyed to appear old
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Nebraska Man
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Discovered in 1922
Dated to be one million
years old
Fossil was only a single tooth
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Complete model of Nebraska Man, his family
and environment was constructed
Tooth discovered to be pig’s tooth in 1928
Still cited as evidence for evolution in the
1940’s
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Ramapithecus
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Found in India in 1930’s
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More fossil evidence found in 1970’s
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Considered a human ancestor
Based on some jaw fragments and a few
teeth
Baboons in Ethiopia have same teeth
structure as Ramapithecus
Now discarded as a possible “missing
link”
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Had been published as factual evidence
of human evolution worldwide
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Lucy
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Discovered in 1974 by Donald Johanson
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Evidence:
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40% complete skeleton
Dated at 3.5 million years old
Arm/leg ratio of 83.9 %
Hip/pelvis – walked upright
Knee joint – walked upright
Observations:
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Fingers long and curved (for climbing)
Shoulder blade like gorilla
Brain size of chimpanzee
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Lucy - Reconstructed
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Digging deeper, we find that:
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Leg bone broken in two places
and one end was crushed ->
this invalidates the ratio
Hip/pelvis was incomplete,
and thus reshaped to make it
look as if it walked upright
Knee joint was found over one
mile away and 200 feet deeper
in strata from rest of bones
Fossil remains of two different creatures
fitted to form a make-believe creature
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Lord Zuckerman Chimes In
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“For example, no scientist could logically
dispute the proposition that man, without
having been involved in any act of divine
creation, evolved from some ape-like creature
in a very short space of time – speaking in
geological terms – without leaving any fossil
traces of the steps of the transformation.”
Zuckerman, Solly. 1971. Beyond the ivory tower: The frontiers of public and private
science. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company. p. 64.
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Ape-Like To Man?
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In a Science Digest article written by Lyall
Watson, he states that:
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“The fossils that decorate our family tree are so scarce
that there are still more scientists than specimens.
The remarkable fact is that all the physical evidence
we have for human evolution can still be placed, with
room to spare, inside a single coffin.”
David Pilbeam and Steven Gould (two
evolutionists) report that:
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“Unfortunately, the fossil record of pongids (apes) is
nonexistent, making a glaring deficiency in the whole
story.”
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Summary of “Hominid” Fossils
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Neanderthal – accepted as homo sapiens
Java Man – artificial construct
Piltdown Man – proven to be a hoax
Nebraska Man – an extinct pig
Ramapithecus – an orangutan
Lucy – make-believe creature
Another one for the Creation Model!
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#7 - Origin of Life - Probability
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What is the probability that an explosion in a junk
yard would “create” a car?
What is the probability of creating a Boeing
airplane from such an explosion?
What is the probability that 200 monkeys
pawing away at a typewriter could
“write” a Shakespearean play?
What is the probability of a protein
coming into being by chance?
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Probability
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Chances of getting all heads
in a row when flipping a coin?
1 head
2 heads in a row
3 heads in a row
10 heads in a row
100 heads in a row
1000 heads in a row
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1 in 2
1 in 4
1 in 8
1 in 210 (1024) or 103
1 in 2100 or 1030
1 in 21000 or 10300
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Probability & Life
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A single protein: 10240
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400 amino acids
A single cell: 1040,000
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Spontaneous formation of life
 Atoms in the universe: 1080
 Law of Probability: 1050
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Monkey Business
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Typing “Methinks it is like a weasel” from
Shakespeare’s Hamlet using 27 keys
Random typing by one monkey
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1 in 27**28 or 1 in 10**40
Dawkins’ solution
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Fix each letter in place once
correctly selected
Type in only remaining letters
Introduced “intelligence”
Not random, but contrived!
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Proteins and Amino Acids
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Amino acids
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Proteins - the building blocks of life
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A few thousand types
Right- and left-handed
Large organic molecule
Contain 100’s to a few 1000 amino acids
Specified long sequences of amino acids
Contain 20 different left-handed amino acids
Crucial protein fact
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Absence, addition, or replacement of a single amino acid
in the structure of a protein causes protein to be useless
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Probability of Forming one Protein
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Take 200 parts and line them up in a specific order
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200! ways of aligning these parts = 10**375
Try a new alignment 1 billion times a second
Assuming 20 billion years of time, we have
20 * 10**18 seconds
The probability of finding the right alignment is
practically zero, i.e. 1 in 10**356
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Anything less than 1 in 10**50 is regarded as zero probability
Living organisms contain many more than 200 parts
Human being contains 60+ trillion cells
Only 10**80 “infinestimal” particles in the whole
universe
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Probability of Synthesis
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Of DNA Molecule:
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Medium protein includes about 300 amino acids
Too complex to arise by chance [no matter how long
the time or how big the universe]
By gradual accretion
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System might advance from one part to a two-part
system, then to three parts, etc.
Requires each step to be immediately beneficial
Probability of success would be incalculably small
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How Simple Can Life Be?
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Cell structure unknown by Darwin
Smallest bacteria
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482 genes
600 types of proteins
600,000 DNA
base pairs
Probability of chance
formation is zero!
Human genome
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3,000,000,000
base pairs
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Spontaneous Formation of Life?
“The likelihood of the spontaneous formation of
life from inanimate matter is one to a number
with 40,000 noughts after it. It is big enough to
bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution.
There was no primeval soup, neither on this
planet nor on any other, and if the beginnings of
life were not random, they must therefore have
been the product of purposeful intelligence.”
Wickramasinghe, professor of applied mathematics and astronomy, UK
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Conclusions
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Laws of science consistent with Creationism
Signs of intelligence in the universe
The probability of life from non-life is zero
Abrupt appearance of fully-formed animals
The missing links are still missing
Man did not evolve from apes
Catastrophism explains the “geologic column”
There is NO credible evidence for evolution!
Science supports Creationism
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Scientific Disciplines Established
by Bible-Believing Scientists
Discipline
Scientist
Astronomy
Johann Kepler (1571-1630)
Bacteriology
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Chemistry
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Computer
Science
Dynamics
Charles Babbage (17921871)
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Electrodynamics Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
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Scientific Disciplines Established
by Bible-Believing Scientists - 2
Discipline
Scientist
Electromagnetics Michael Faraday (17911867)
Natural History
John Ray (1627-1705)
Oceanography
Matthew Maury (1806-1873)
Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus (17071778)
Thermodynamics Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
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More Information
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ICR – Institute for Creation Research
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Answers in Genesis
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www.creationresearch.org
Publication of peer-reviewed creation articles
Dr. Heinz Lycklama’s Lectures
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www.answersingenesis.org
Books, seminars, articles on Creation
Creation Research Society
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www.icr.org
Acts and Facts articles on Creation
www.osta.com/creation & www.osta.com/apologetics
True Origin Archive
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www.trueorigin.org
Exposing the myth of evolution
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Thank you
for your
attention!
Dr. Heinz Lycklama
[email protected]
www.osta.com/creation
www.osta.com/apologetics
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Creation Organizations
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ICR – Institute for Creation Research
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www.icr.org
Books by Henry Morris (founder), e.g.
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The Genesis Flood
The Genesis Record
The Modern Creation Trilogy
Acts and Facts articles on Creation
Answers in Genesis
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www.answersingenesis.org
Founded by Ken Ham
Books, seminars, articles on Creation
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Creation Organizations - 2
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Creation Evidence Museum
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Creation Moments
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www.creationevidence.org
Dinosaurs and human tracks
www.creationmoments.com
Radio spots
Creation Research Society
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www.creationresearch.org
Publication of peer-reviewed creation articles
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Creation Organizations - 3
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Center For Scientific Creation
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Creation Science Evangelism
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www.creationscience.com
“In The Beginning” Book by Walt Brown, Ph.D.
www.drdino.com
Videos, seminars
Discovery Institute
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www.discovery.org
Intelligent Design “Think Tank”
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Important Books
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The Genesis Record, Dr. Henry Morris
The Genesis Flood, Dr. John Whitcomb & Dr. Henry Morris
The Collapse of Evolution, Scott Huse
The Lie: Evolution, Ken Ham
Refuting Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No!, Dr. Duane Gish
Scientific Creationism, Dr. Henry Morris
Dinosaurs by Design, Dr. Duane Gish
Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome,
Dr. J.C. Sanford
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More Important Books
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The Young Earth, Dr. John Morris
Science and the Bible, Dr. Henry Morris
Tornado in a Junkyard, James Perloff
In The Beginning, Dr. Walt Brown
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Michael Denton
Darwin on Trial, Dr. Phillip Johnson
Darwin’s Black Box, Dr. Michael Behe
Design Inference, Dr. William Dembski
Icons of Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Wells
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Yet More Important Books
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The Battle for the Beginning, Dr. John MacArthur
Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey
The Design Revolution, Dr. William Demski
The Origin of Species Revisited, W. R. Bird
It Matters What We Believe, Mike Riddle
The Evolution of a Creationist, Jobe Martin
Grand Canyon (a different view), Tom Vail
In Six Days, Dr. John Ashton
Starlight and Time, Dr. Russell Humphreys
Starlight, Time and the New Physics, De. John Hartnett
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Backup Slides
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Conceptual Systems of Science
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Cause and Effect - an omnipotent Creator is an
adequate cause for all observable effects in the universe
Energy Conservation – energy can be converted from
one form into another, but can neither be created nor
destroyed
Classification and Order - table of chemical elements,
biological taxonomy, hierarchy of star types. All
entities are in a state of flux in the evolution model
Processes - all processes are well-defined and orderly.
If not, there is no point to scientific study. Creation
predicts “purpose” and “meaning”
These systems all favor the creation model!
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Conceptual Systems of Science - 2
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Forces and Fields - types of forces in nature
(electromagnetic, gravitational, nuclear and weak)
have always acted the same from the beginning
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These forces did not evolve
Environmental Interdependence – the environment
coupled with natural selection constitutes a powerful
mechanism to conserve the created kinds and balance
of nature
Energy Decay – changes always tend to go in a
“downward” direction such that there results a net
decrease in the “availability” of the converted energy
for further useful work
These systems all favor the creation model!
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Comments on
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nd
2
Law
“… all real processes go toward a condition of greater
probability. The probability function generally used in
thermodynamics is entropy. … the smaller the number of
possible arrangements the less the entropy. If there is only
one place for each thing… the entropy is zero; if the system
is highly random… the entropy is a large number. Thus
orderliness is associated with low entropy; randomness with
high entropy. In the systems we ordinarily study there are a
large number of possible arrangements so the entropy is a
large number.
The second law of thermodynamics says that left to itself any
isolated system will go toward greater entropy, which also
means toward greater randomness and greater likelihood.”
Blum, Harold 1955. Perspectives in Evolution, American Scientist 43.
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Asimov’s Definition of 1st Law
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“To express all this, we can say: ‘Energy can be
transferred from one place to another,or transformed
from one form to another, but it can be neither created
nor destroyed’.”
“Or we can put it another way: ‘The total quantity of
energy in the universe is constant.’
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When the total quantity of something does not change,
we say that it is conserved.”
“The two statements given above, then, are two ways of
expressing ‘the law of conservation of energy.’
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This law is considered the most powerful and most
fundamental generalization about the universe that
scientists have ever been able to make.”
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