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{{cquote|'''In the beginning was perfect order, and this perfection was with God, and this perfection was God'''.}}
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{{cquote|'''In the beginning was perfect order, and this perfection was with [[God]], and this perfection was God'''.}}
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This is a tantalizing translation of John 1:1,<ref>See the [[Conservative Bible Project]] for an ongoing effort to bring forth the best rendition in English of the original intent of the Bible.</ref> and it suggests that insight into the universe may be best understood by examining order, and its converse of disorder ([[entropy]]).  Interestingly, the etymological meaning of the word "[[Devil]]" is synonymous with disorder.  
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This is a tantalizing translation of John 1:1,<ref>See the [https://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project Conservative Bible Project] for an ongoing effort to bring forth the best rendition in English of the original intent of the Bible.</ref> and it suggests that insight into the universe may be best understood by examining order, and its converse of disorder ([[entropy]]).  Interestingly, the etymological meaning of the word "[[Devil]]" is synonymous with disorder.  
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''Consider this: have [[atheist]]s moved the study of [[physics]] away from an inquiry into "order" and "perfection" because they are synonymous with [[God]]?''
    
Viewing science in terms of ordering and disordering provides unifying insights into otherwise disparate phenomenon.  Aging, for example, ostensibly seems unrelated to the Second Law of Thermodynamics as biology and physics are currently taught.  Yet both can be understood clearly and simply as an action of disorder.
 
Viewing science in terms of ordering and disordering provides unifying insights into otherwise disparate phenomenon.  Aging, for example, ostensibly seems unrelated to the Second Law of Thermodynamics as biology and physics are currently taught.  Yet both can be understood clearly and simply as an action of disorder.
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The advance (or precession<ref>A "precession" is a slow gyration of an axis of rotation such that it traces a cone.</ref>) of the perihelion of Mercury is observed but not predicted by an elementary application of Newtonian mechanics to Mercury and the sun alone.  This provided one of the great mysteries of physics around the turn of the century.  A planet's "perihelion" is the point in its path of orbit that comes closest to the sun.  For Mercury, that point of closest proximity is shifting with each revolution.
 
The advance (or precession<ref>A "precession" is a slow gyration of an axis of rotation such that it traces a cone.</ref>) of the perihelion of Mercury is observed but not predicted by an elementary application of Newtonian mechanics to Mercury and the sun alone.  This provided one of the great mysteries of physics around the turn of the century.  A planet's "perihelion" is the point in its path of orbit that comes closest to the sun.  For Mercury, that point of closest proximity is shifting with each revolution.
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The [[theory of relativity]] developed to explain the then-observed shift in Mercury's perihelion of 42.98 (±0.04) arc-seconds per century.  At the time, that provided a fit to the observed data of a precession of 5600.0.  Subsequently, however, more accurate measurements with more sophisticated technology have determined a precise value of this precession (5599.7 arc-seconds per century), and the number provided by relativity no longer fits the data within the margin of error.  Professor Clifford Will, a leading advocate for [[General Relativity]], omits this test entirely from his paper summarizing experimental evidence for relativity.<ref>[http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v63/p731/fulltext.pdf The confrontation between general relativity and experiment]</ref>
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The [[theory of relativity]] developed a contributing factor of 42.98 (±0.04) arc-seconds per century to explain the then-observed shift in Mercury's perihelion of 5600.0.  Subsequently, however, more accurate measurements with more sophisticated technology have determined a precise value of this precession (5599.7 arc-seconds per century), and the number provided by relativity no longer fits the data within the margin of error.  Professor Clifford Will, a leading advocate for [[General Relativity]], omits this test entirely from his paper summarizing experimental evidence for relativity.<ref>[http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v63/p731/fulltext.pdf The confrontation between general relativity and experiment]</ref>
    
== Wave Functions ==
 
== Wave Functions ==
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