(March 31, 2012 at 8:54 pm)Phil Wrote: Entropy is NOT disorder. Look at a glass half full of oil and the other half filled with water. Stir the liquids together till you get an ugly mix of both. Let them sit. What happens?
It is interesting that you point out this misconception. I have accepted the phrase, "the world tends toward chaos" as the explanation for the 2nd law of thermodynamics that most people are familiar with and would assume to be true. I didn't learn it at church. I learned it at school.
Now you are pointing out that it is inaccurate description that is common to anyone who hasn't devoted at least some of their life to understanding physics.
Perhaps the same misconceptions are prevalent about Christianity?
Just a thought.
