George Levy wrote: >Without our quantum laws, for example, if we lived in a mechanistic >universe, electrons, unfettered by their >quantum levels would fall into >their nucleii resulting in the almost immediate annihilation of all matter >in >the universe and a huge increase in entropy. Even though entropy of the >universe is continuoulsy >increasing, the universe is still in an >incredible state of low entropy. In any case, the defense argues, if a >low >entropy spike is an indicator of criminal activity, then even God, himself, >is not be immune from >prosecution, since entropy was at its lowest at >creation. > >The defense concludes that nature itself is a huge QS machine that filters >only those worlds capable of >sustaining consciousness.
The issue of the low entropy of the universe came up a while ago and Tim May brought up the best argument against seeing it as an anthropic effect--the anthropic principle would only guarantee the bare minimum downward entropy spike needed for intelligent beings to exist, it wouldn't begin to explain why the entire visible universe is at equally low entropy (and the anthropic argument would also imply that all our memories of a lower-entropy past are probably false). The same would go for explaining quantum effects like discrete energy levels...if the electrons fell into their nucleii in some distant galaxy, it wouldn't hurt us (and even if the shockwave would be dangerous or something, there'd still be no need to see the *same* discrete energy levels throughout the universe). The prosecution rests! --Jesse _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
