Thermodynamics for Two, Please

"Thermodynamics" sounds really scientific, and intimidating as all get out. We've all known people who drop names, or toss around impressive jargon to make themselves look important or smart. And we've probably all seen someone who, showing off, misuses a technical word, or otherwise goofs up, and manages to make a complete fool of himself in the presence of a real expert. I've even known people who, thus caught out, try to maintain the bluff and make fun of the truly knowledgeable person, in an effort to save face before their friends. We've all seen that, especially among children.

Something mighty close to that is what is happening whenever someone tosses out a line like, "Evolution is impossible because it breaks the Second Law of Thermodynamics." I know for a fact that I've heard that from folks who haven't a clue what any of the Laws of Thermodynamics are. But they've heard that really impressive-sounding line used in a lecture, or a tract, or maybe one of those tiny little comic books, or from behind a pulpit--and because it sounds so scientific, they adopt it as one of their one-line slogans that "disprove" evolution.

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