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[i2amroy]

Banana confirmed to disprove evolution.

His metaphor tends to fall apart when you consider a human's ability to eat a noncommercial (and non-selectively bred) banana easily, which tend to look more like this:

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As for religion I'm fine with seeing it as a moral guide (don't kill people, don't steal, etc.) but yeah, it's not something that should be trying to replace science anymore in my book.

[Gentlefish]

the other (that one) has nicer flesh, but the seeds are a nightmare to get through.

...So it's a pomegranate?

[Lagslayer]

the other (that one) has nicer flesh, but the seeds are a nightmare to get through.

...So it's a pomegranate?

...

Pomenana? Bananagranate?

Bananagranate

[Sergarr]

The second law of thermodynamics doesn't actually say anything about things getting more disordered, what it actually says is that universe over time shifts into a more probable state.

[Putnam]

No, it says a closed state does. This doesn't actually apply to the universe as a whole, given that inflation thing.

[MaximumZero]

Do we know if the universe is a closed system? From what I gather, that's still a pretty heated argument.

[Putnam]

It's not known if it's infinite.

[lemon10]

The second law of thermodynamics doesn't actually say anything about things getting more disordered, what it actually says is that universe over time shifts into a more probable state.

If by 'probable' you mean higher entropy then yes. Entropy doesn't actually equate to disorder, but it is pretty similar for most purposes.

No, it says a closed state does. This doesn't actually apply to the universe as a whole, given that inflation thing.

Even if its inflating entropy will still increase in any single area (and every area) unless there is outside influence.

It's not known if it's infinite.

Being infinite is irrelevant to the discussion, as it doesn't influence if its a closed system. Even if the universe's size is infinite entropy will still increase.

Do we know if the universe is a closed system? From what I gather, that's still a pretty heated argument.

It might not be (eg. if there are parallel universes), but that's opening a whole other can of worms. Even if they did exist (and were able to influence our universe significantly) they probably wouldn't significantly influence the overall/eventual state of entropy in our universe.

[Sergarr]

If by 'probable' you mean higher entropy then yes. Entropy doesn't actually equate to disorder, but it is pretty similar for most purposes.

Entropy is literally defined as a function of probability in statistical mechanics.

[Gentlefish]

I like the 4-D black hole deal.

[MaximumZero]

Do we know if the universe is a closed system? From what I gather, that's still a pretty heated argument.

I C wat U did thar

If I did something, I probably didn't mean to. All I'm saying/asking is "As far as I know, this is still disputed. Has this changed since I last got information from a relevant source?"

[Descan]

I think it's based on the whole "heat" part, and like, heat-death of the universe, laws of "thermo"-dynamics, waste heat being part of entropy, etc, etc. Point is, heat is a big part of energy, and energy is a big part of closed-systems.

[TheDarkStar]

These people want to control robots with the entirety of the Internet.

[Il Palazzo]

These people want to control robots with the entirety of the Internet.

-What is your name, robot?
-I am Boobsmeme Trollcat, and I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...
-Can we disconnect it? Is it this plug here? How do you turn it off? Oh god, how do we turn it off...

[Bauglir]

These people want to control robots with the entirety of the Internet.

-What is your name, robot?
-I am Boobsmeme Trollcat, and I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...
-Can we disconnect it? Is it this plug here? How do you turn it off? Oh god, how do we turn it off...

You think it's possible to turn off the collective will of the Internet? Do you know how much porn it has? Whatever its tastes, it will  be in a perpetual state of turned-onedness.