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Talk:Young Earth Creationism (view source)
Revision as of 23:02, November 10, 2009
, 23:02, November 10, 2009→Laws of Thermodynamics: new section
I propose removing most of the ''Starlight and the Age of the Universe'' section, leaving only a brief summary, as it is duplicated in the [[Starlight problem]] article. Any objections? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:41, 21 February 2009 (EST)
I propose removing most of the ''Starlight and the Age of the Universe'' section, leaving only a brief summary, as it is duplicated in the [[Starlight problem]] article. Any objections? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:41, 21 February 2009 (EST)
== Laws of Thermodynamics ==
Not that it is really a big deal, but the first and second laws of thermodynamics have been misinterpreted in this article.
They are mistakenly taught as requiring that the world becomes more chaotic over time, but they deal with energy, not matter (thermodynamics is the study of how energy behaves). The idea is better illustrated by saying that a fire in one corner of the room will spread to all the others, or a light or sound wave originating at one point will end up reflecting off all the walls. What they really mean is that all the world's energy will eventually become distributed evenly throughout the universe.
Saying that entropy means chaos is a high school-level analogy that mostly isn't taught anymore.