How does the 21rst Century Theory of Evolution affect a 21rst Century Cosmology?

Question

*Bonus* How many fundies will spout of about Charles Darwin and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

Answer 1

Prediction:

In the 21st century man will find evidence of life or previous life in places other than earth. It will be basic life but life nontheless.

Evolution will become bulletproof.

Answer 2

In most serious scientific communities, evolution is very iffy. Two many unanswered questions and watching nature, doesn't make sense. Forget the idea of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and just look at common sense.

Our sun is shrinking (hydrogen combusting) at a rate that would have made the sun actually touching the earth if it were a billion years old...carbon dating is not accurate...and can actually be extremely skewed with the possibility of erosion. It works if it is in a vacuum, but not in nature.

I am not attempting to debunk evolution here...that would be too long. But I am giving examples of the fact that I think evolution can't hold water in common sense terms with nature. So it will not change our study of the universe. People will continue to believe in evolution because there is no other alternative to creation and they need something without an all-powerful God.

Answer 3

i have no idea what cosmology is about.. but there is a common misconception about the second law of thermodynamics...

which is this. the law says, that all energy within a system will be evenly devided over time, leaving all parts of it with the same amount of energy ... the result... entropy.

now they say that also means that the universe will go the same way... always towards entropy.. until everything stands still....

sounds reasonable. with one exception. the second law does not apply to the universe.
says so right in its definition. it applies to systems of perfectly round, hard, elastic entities... strictly speaking not even gases... although it works well enough in that context... the universe is a completely different kind of place... life organizes simple atoms into extremely specialized and highly organized systems...gravity makes evenly dispersed clouds of gas and debris collapse into suns, suns will rotate around in galaxies... entropy is reversed constantly on all levels of organization...
the magic word here is context.
you cannot take a theory and apply it to anything you like, unless the theory allows so. which it doesnt. if its a good one.

Answer 4

What is this 2nd law of thermodynamics stuff? That's a mighty big word for a fundie.

I think Evolution enables us to concieve of life in other parts of the cosmos, shows us that we are more closely related to the eart than we used to think, and gives us something fun to bicker about on YA.

Answer 5

I think those two go together just fine. Not too many fundies will be aquainted with the finer details of either concept.

Answer 6

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