X-Message-Number: 20900 From: "michaelprice" <> References: <> Subject: Re: Information in the Universe Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:33:33 -0000 Brian A Stewart <> observes: > >>-- Arthur S. Eddington (British Astrophysicist, 18882-1933) in >> The nature of the Physical World (1928) > > > 18882! How did he achieve THAT?! Thanks Brian for picking that up. Next time I'll read before cut & pasting! Here's a fuller and corrected version of Eddington on the 2nd Law: "The second law of thermodynamics holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the Universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, those experimentalists do bungle things up sometimes. but if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing to do but to collapse in deepest humiliation." [Sir Arthur S. Eddington 1882-1944 (The nature of the Physical World (1928))] Whilst on the subject of corrections, I'm grateful to Brian Wowk pointing for out that I meant the Pauli (not Pauling) Exclusion Principle in my piece in yesterday's cryonet about identity. After Wolfgang Pauli, not Linus Pauling. Cheers, Michael C Price ---------------------------------------- http://mcp.longevity-report.com http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20900