Butterfly Effect Phenomenon or something like it

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Yup



I mean that there is nothing that physically prevents the chemical reactions that encode memories from happening in reverse time, except for the 2nd law of thermo. For example, it's possible for freak sound, tremors and temperature fluctuations to travel through the air and floor to propel thousands of bits of egg shell and egg goop in the right direction with enough force to come together perfectly into an egg shell and form atomic bonds to become a solid egg. And the momentum of this fusion could propel the egg up to a counter top where it smoothly rolls across the counter. It is astronomically improbable though. Same with chemical reactions that encode memories. They are physically able to record the future, but it is astronomically improbable.



Yup, that's what I'm saying.


It's not inexplicable. Entropy, or disorder, always increases. This is because there are vastly more disordered states than ordered states, so it is more probable for a system to become more disordered. Whenever it appears that something becomes more ordered, like when a star collapses into a beautifully symmetric neutron star, it always ends up causing more disorder elsewhere, so the net change is more entropy.

OK, entropy increases in a closed system where no heat can enter or leave. However, If heat can enter or leave the system then it is compatible with the 2nd law. Life is a process of entropy reduction. However in the process of creating life, it is raising the entropy in its surroundings. So the 2nd law is preserved?

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

OK, entropy increases in a closed system where no heat can enter or leave. However, If heat can enter or leave the system then it is compatible with the 2nd law. Life is a process of entropy reduction. However in the process of creating life, it is raising the entropy in its surroundings. So the 2nd law is preserved?

Right. Life is a self organizing force, which lowers entropy. But life always produces byproducts through respiration, thermal radiation and excrement so overall entropy is increased.