In response to the column claiming that evolution is somehow correct (“Creationism is philosophy, evolution is science,” Feb. 8), I thought it necessary to provide the facts.

Evolution, like much of science, is a theory. It is a flawed theory, however. The idea that life will become more complex through random chance is a pathetic claim by simple-minded people who refuse to acknowledge the existence of a greater being.

Now, unlike evolution’s supporters, I can prove my claim. Evolution is thermodynamically impossible. According to the laws of thermodynamics, the amount of entropy in the universe increases or remains constant. Entropy is randomness, disorder and chaos. The idea that more sophisticated life forms would come from less sophisticated ones (i.e. order from disorder) violates that law. Now if you have some way to prove the laws of thermodynamics to be invalid, please let me know, as the proceeds from the discovery would be enough to buy this university several times over. If you want another example, then tell me why Morrill Hall is under renovation. If evolution were true, wouldn’t it be unnecessary, as the building would rebuild itself?

Even Darwin called it “natural selection,” which is a far cry from evolution. Case in point: Anyone who hunts pheasant knows that flying birds get shot, running birds stay alive. The birds that stay on the ground stay alive, producing more birds that stay on the ground — that’s natural selection, not evolution, as a pheasant is still a pheasant. Now, if you can prove to me that a pheasant can naturally breed with a goat, and that abomination of an offspring can reproduce, I’ll eat 10 copies of the Daily. Until then, I would advise that people stop viewing everything in a textbook as absolute truth. And no, I’m not a Bible-thumper by any means, but I am capable of seeing truth, and I know that evolution is not it. So before you plan to write off creationism as a theory, while claiming evolution to be a fact, please do all of us a favor, and go ask your half-monkey/half-fish cousin to evaluate your logic first.

Andrew Symns

Senior

Chemical Engineering