[js1138]

I also am concerned about any suggestion to end a line of research. In my view, "Nature did it!" is just as much an artificial boundary as "God did it!"

The difference being that having said nature did it, one is obligated to describe and explain the processes involved.

Second Law formulations, whether entropy or information theory, do not imply that stepwise accumulations of order cannot occur.

[Alamo-Girl]

The difference being that having said nature did it, one is obligated to describe and explain the processes involved.

Either way, we must subject every theory to additional or expanded tests, especially attempts to falsify the theory.

Theories should not be considered "settled."