How did evolution ever begin without the help of a sentient being creating it or atleast helping it out. Given all our technology we can't recreate it
Creationists commonly doctor the Second Law of Thermodynamics to claim that biological evolution, an increase in order over time, is physically impossible. The part of the law they omit is “in a closed system.” Organisms are open systems: they capture energy from the sun, food, or ocean vents to carve out temporary pockets of order in their bodies and nests while they dump heat and waste into the environment, increasing disorder in the world as a whole. Organisms’ use of energy to maintain their integrity against the press of entropy is a modern explanation of the principle of conatus (effort or striving), which Spinoza defined as “the endeavor to persist and flourish in one’s own being,” and which was a foundation of several Enlightenment-era theories of life and mind.7
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@MrBrownstone That still makes more sense to me than just after billions of years shit just started coming together. I know Pinkston gives the answer that "Organisms’ use of energy to maintain their integrity against the press of entropy" is a modern explanation. But how did even the tiniest structure of life the cell which is more complex and has more parts than a watch ever come to be?
@GoldenWorm And the more they look at stuff the more they see how complicated even the basic building blocks are. I am dumb in this kind of stuff so please don't take my question as someone who is trying to say he knows what he is talking about.
@GoldenWorm Yes, that's how planets and stuff our formed but cells have complex structures that carry out complex functions. A lot more complex than a watch.
@Lostpoet you're not even trying. I spent years learning molecular biology. Your JAQing is specious. You literally should get educated with an actual biology text book. You don't even know the scope if what's known.
@GoldenWorm I remember a little bit of biology from highschool. But I should have looked up self template molecules. I thought you were talking about how mass attracts matter.
