I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age. (Charles Darwin)
Thinking about the musings from DAY 78: The Scientific Revolution – Part 2 – The Theory Of Evolution, Do All Scientists Agree?….
I would submit to that if someone was going to question the Theory of Evolution, it would make scientific sense that is would be a fellow scientist. However, if it was the science itself doing that questioning, would that then make even more scientific sense than just a fellow scientist…
Or scientists.
As previously covered in: DAY 78: The Scientific Revolution – Part 2 – The Theory Of Evolution, Do All Scientists Agree?, there have been at least 9 scientists, (including Issac Newton, who pre-dates Charles Darwin by over 100 years), who all have questioned the Theory of Evolution at one point or another.
Is it possible for all 9 of these scientists to be wrong simply because the science itself is right?
That would be a game changer…wouldn’t it?
Perhaps the most intriguing item that a scientist, (or non-scientist), must consider when defending the Theory of Evolution, is the apparent conflict between it and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Huh?
Even if you do not remember much from your physics class, (or you were blessed to not even have to take a physics class during your academic career like me), you should still be familiar with at least:
The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
To keep it simple, the Second Law of Thermodynamics is the total amount of energy in a physical system that always decreases over time.
Or another way of looking at it is this…according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the total amount of energy never increases over time…
Never.
Consider a thing…literally…anything…
A car for example.
Under the Second Law of Thermodynamics, once the gasoline has been used up by that car, that car will eventually…
Stop.
According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it appears that the car is actually devolving in its ability to run, not evolving, once the gasoline has been used up.
Two more examples regarding the Second Law of Thermodynamics:
1) Once you remove heat from an object…that object will eventually cool off.
2) Once you drop a ball from the highest building ever created by humans…that ball will eventually stop bouncing.
How can a scientist, (or non-scientist), scientifically explain the apparent conflict between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Theory of Evolution?
I understand what some of you are thinking right now. The idea of digging deeper into more laws…and more theories…regarding physics…or some other branch or branches of science…to determine if the science is settled regarding the Theory of Evolution is not exactly worth investing anymore time or energy or brainpower on.
I could not agree with you more.
So, for the rest of the way, just consider the following topics and ask yourself the same question every time:
How does a scientist, (or non-scientist), who supports the Theory of Evolution, use science, to answer the following 6 questions:
1) where the Law of Gravity comes from?
2) where does the Law of Inertia come from?
3) where did the original energy in the universe come from to organize everything in the universe?
4) what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?
5) why would a plant or animal want to reproduce when creating more mathematically decreases the chances of its survival?
6) how does a mutation to the genetic code of a species create a new and improved variety?
Is that it?
Are there only 6 questions to ask regarding whether or not the science is in fact settled regarding the Theory of Evolution?
I would submit to you that there is more.
How much more?
That will be covered next time.
Do not feel discouraged if your head is spinning trying to make sense of the questions to consider regarding the potential scientific issues with the Theory of Evolution. Do not feel discouraged if you still cannot come to a conclusion yourself as to whether or not the Theory of Evolution is reliable. Instead, embrace the idea that these questions need to be asked and in fact many more, so that you can come to your own scientific conclusion as to whether or not the science is settled regarding the Theory of Evolution.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, (Genesis 2:4 KJV)
Was today’s blog a little confusing at times? Was the content perhaps a little overwhelming? Did you feel lost not understanding some or most of the subject matter?
Those feelings are totally understandable and it is ok to have one or more of those feelings. Remember that you are reading DAY 79: The Scientific Revolution – Part 2 – The Theory Of Evolution, Is The Science Really Settled?.
If you haven’t been in class since the first day of school…or when the project began…or when the contract was first signed, etc., these feelings make perfect and logistical sense.
Please feel free to go back to where all of this began: