Al wrote:
>>Survival of the planet" - There is entropy, which, as you say,
>> will eventually cause this planet to "die." The interesting >>thing
about life is that it defies entropy. Order out of chaos."
OK, AL, show me where life defies entropy. If you have discovered some
disobedience to the laws of thermodynamics, *I'd* like to hear about it.
"Order out of chaos" is not such a violation. Rocks crystallize from melts
where all the chemical constituents are swimming around randomly--ie become
ordered in a crystal structure. This is NOT "reverse entropy"--its simply a
matter of thermodynamic conditions being met which allows this to happen.
You may not consider rocks "life" (you may have certain prejudices about life
needing to be organic), but they are certainly part of "nature".
..
WARNING!!FLAMES FOR YOUR FLAME BAIT!
>>Physical differences - okay, I'm learning. (That groin thing
>> certainly opens one's eyes.) But, call me sexist
Sexist.
>> (I prefer
>> chivalrous),
>>I still think women should stay out of hand-to-hand >>combat. And I >>open
doors for them, too.
Personally I have NO desire for hand-to-hand combat, and really wish no one
did, Women should not be excluded from ANYTHING, simply for the reason of
gender.
But Al, we are NOT copying "y'all". Men are not the prototypes, not the
models from which we women seek to pattern ourselves. So I flame you mightily
for THAT comment.
I open doors for whoever is within the vicinity.
Mary
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Mary Simmons
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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