All posts by John Messerly

Negentropy, The Driving Force Behind the Rise and Evolution of Life


by Chris Crawford

I’m quite certain that Larry is wrong in his stated belief that thermodynamics is insufficient to explain complex life. (Please correct me if you think I have misunderstood his position.) The basic notion that negentropy is the driving force behind the rise and evolution of life has been around for perhaps a century; Continue reading Negentropy, The Driving Force Behind the Rise and Evolution of Life

Rifkin’s Final Statement on Cosmological Natural Selection

The Multiverse Is Science's Assisted Suicide | Evolution Newsby Lawrence Rifkin

There were many confident-sounding statements in the previous post about which I’d suggest a general reader check in with mainstream expert friends and colleagues to weigh in on before accepting. Continue reading Rifkin’s Final Statement on Cosmological Natural Selection