RE: Entropy, Kalam, and First Cause
March 18, 2015 at 4:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2015 at 4:25 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(March 18, 2015 at 2:54 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I would just like to add that there is a logical problem with assuming that the laws of the universe apply to the universe itself. Our universe can be described as the 'set of all things within our space/time continuum, including space and time'. A wall made of indestructible bricks isn't necessarily an indestructible wall. A universe that is a closed system where entropy holds may not itself be entirely subject to entropy. For instance, a bang/crunch cycle could apply that 'resets' the entropy to a lower level. I don't particularly think that is the case, but it isn't disproven by an appeal to thermodynamics.If laws governing the universe does not menifest itself in laws of the universe, how would you know what they are??
The problem with this is laws of the universe is the only set we have reason to believe to apply anywhere based on observation, If one cavalierly throws out the only set of law that we have reason to suspect to exist, then one might as well admit one is not trying to find out what really was, but is prepared to accept anything thay sounds good without constraint.
