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SUMMARY:Schrodinger's Paradox\, Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life
DESCRIPTION:This month’s talk\, by Claudio Elgueta of Abingdon U3A\, is based on a famous lecture from 1943\, given by the great Erwin Schrodinger in Dublin\, where he’d fled from Nazi Germany. Entitled ‘What is Life?’\, Schrodinger approached this profound question from a physicist’s standpoint\, beginning with the paradox arising from the Second Law of Thermodynamics\, specifically\, how is it that life creates order in the world\, when disorder – or entropy\, as it’s known – should (if the Law is correct) be the result of every physical interaction in nature? After addressing this paradox\, Claudio will then review the various science-based theories of the origins of life\, and also the pseudo-scientific ‘theory’ of Intelligent Design\, a creationist belief founded on the flawed concept of ‘irreducible complexity’\, famously destroyed in a Pennsylvania court-room in 2005. Rather\, as Claudio will explain\, it is Richard Dawkins’ concept of ‘Climbing Mount Improbable’ which – although we can’t yet be sure of all the details – provides the most robust\, evidence-based theory of how complex life evolved naturally from simple molecules. \nTo view the recording\, click here…‘Schrodingers Paradox & the Origin of Life’ \nTo contact us about the Science & Technology group\, click here… Get in touch
URL:https://u3acommunities.org/event/schrodingers-paradox-intelligent-design-and-the-origin-of-life/
CATEGORIES:Frontpage,Science and Technology Meeting
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