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Or ‘positive energy’ or ‘negative energy’, or ‘pure energy’… Nearly every week there’s a question on Quora that misuses the word ‘energy’. Sometimes it’s about whether the soul, or consciousness, or the mind, is ‘energy’; sometimes it’s about whether the universe, or God, is ‘energy’. But what these questions have in common is that they …
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No. But if it did, since evolution is an observed phenomenon, we would simply have to rewrite the laws of physics. Observation trumps theory, every time. All that the relevant laws of physics—in particular the second law of thermodynamics—say is that complexity cannot increase in a closed system—i.e. one with no external source of energy—over time. But …
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The only thing that can be said with certainty about atheists is that they don’t believe in any gods. But when people are asked to cite their reasons for being, or becoming, atheists, most of them describe it in terms of following the evidence. And since there’s no evidence for ‘manifestation of your desires through …
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