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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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In physics terms, creation ex nihilo appears to violate both the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The first law of thermodynamics is equivalent to the principle of conservation of energy: the total energy of a closed system is constant; any energy change must be compensated by a corresponding inflow or outflow from the system. Einstein showed that mass and energy are equivalent, by E = mc^2. So, if the universe started from 'nothing,' energy conservation would seem to have been violated by the creation of matter. Some energy from outside is apparently required.
Victor J. Stenger
Category: Academics
Oh, man. I just finished my last lecture for this semester — this was a rough term, and I feel like I just barely dragged myself over the finish line. The big strain came from the fact that I...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:01 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
John Wilkins is an unemployed philosopher right now, so he's looking for donations to tide him over. Give him a little assistance if you can, especially since he's threatening to have a god take him to heaven if we don't...
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Category: Personal
Too late! My talk is all over. There is one writeup already, there were people in the audience with cameras so something will appear on youtube soon, and the convention had professional videographers present, so maybe you'll see it sometime...
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Category: Personal
Seriously, half the time I don't know where I am. I got a call last night from this madman, Scooter of KPFT, asking if I'd be available to do a radio show in Houston on Thursday, and I said, "Thursday?...
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Category: Personal
It's all about geeky mathy sciencey love, the finest kind of them all. And of course Fourier transforms are fantastically beautiful! (Also on FtB)...
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Category: Humor
And now I've found it. IHTOASMTIATCOTYHABYWABOL. Don't get me started on smilies. (Also on FtB)...
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Category: Personal
Now I have a Life Before the Dinosaurs t-shirt, and you probably don't. So there. This is the science blog by a 7-year-old kid. One of the networks ought to snap him up, he's good … I wonder if we...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:53 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Today is the day I get together with all of my new advisees and tell them how to survive the next four years. Tomorrow, the new semester begins — once again, I've got an 8am course to teach on developmental...
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Category: Personal
I guess you lazy people who didn't travel to Oslo still get to see me: here's my talk at the World Humanist Congress. (Also on FtB)...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:38 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
I have more imminent travel plans. I'll be at the World Humanist Conference in Oslo this coming weekend, and then on Monday the 15th I'll be doing this: Sted: Asylet, Grønland 28 [kart] Tid: Fra kl. 18 og utover Facebook-event...
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