Creation, Causality, and The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Albert Einstein

Started thinking about the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics which is basically the law of Entropy. A working definition of this 2nd Law and essentially entropy is that something left to it's own devices will move towards disorder.

For instance, ice cream melts, things get dirty, iron rusts, apples oxidize...

Another example would be, from wikipedia, that states the following, "the second law implies that heat does not spontaneously flow from a cold material to a hot material, but it allows heat to flow from a hot material to a cold material. Roughly speaking, the second law says that in an isolated system, concentrated energy disperses over time, and consequently less concentrated energy is available to do useful work.

So from a creation standpoint and from a person who believes in The Carpenter of Creation, a Creator God, how could the universe be created from random chance?

In the context of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, how could order, the order and detail of the universe, be created from disorder. The only way ice cream can be frozen again is for some outside force, be it a human, to act upon it...namely placing it back into the freezer. In order for the stability and complexity of the universe to be created and remain in existence is to have The One and Only Creator God.

Whether you believe in The Creator God or not, you still have to come up with some explanation on causality...what caused the creation of the oxygen we breath, our hearts to beat, our minds that think, the grass that grows, the seasons that change? Actually, believing in some other way to explain the creation and existence of life, takes more faith than believing in God...

As a future doctor, God-Willing, I will use science, not avoid science, to strengthen my beliefs that, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1.1

Decision Making: End Of Day Thinking

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
~ Tom Robbins ~

In the last post I mentioned the importance of the 38 Second rule by trusting your training and your subconscious, understanding that the gestalt can sometimes tell you all that you need to know. But to contrast this, I also mentioned how the most challenging decisions should sometimes be the most informed decisions...

Often, especially when time permits, it is best to let your decision making "slow-brew" into your subconscious which will allow you to think things over...another excerpt from Dr Groopman's amazing book, "How Doctors Think" provides us with an example:

Dr. Jeffrey Tepler is a hematologist and oncologist in private practice at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Tepler states the following: "I always go back and read the literature with almost every patient who has a nuanced clinical case, a variation of a diagnosis...I try hard to stay on top of my game."

"It's hard to think deeply about patients at the moment when you are seeing them. You need some quiet time to reflect and formulate a cogent opinion," states Dr Tepler.....

Dr Groopman then goes on to say, "For that reason, he (Dr Tepler) often tells patients that he wants to think more about their cases rather than immediately offer a treatment plan. He routinely leaves his office around eight-thirty or nine at night, devoting the end of the day to thinking. "

Amazing Aristotle Articulations

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”

"We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.”

"First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”