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DARWINISM REFUTED

The two most known theories that emerged as a result of that aim
were the theory of "self-organization" and the theory of "dissipative
structures." The first of these maintains that simple molecules can organize
together to form complex living systems; the second claims that ordered,
complex systems can emerge in unordered, high-entropy systems. But
these have no other practical and scientific value than founding new,
imaginary worlds for evolutionists.
The fact that these theories of Prigogine explain nothing, and have
produced no results, is admitted by many scientists. The well-known
physicist Joel Keizer writes: "His supposed criteria for predicting the
stability of far-from-equilibrium dissipative structures fails—except for
states very near equilibrium." 365
The theoretical physicist Cosma Shalizi has this to say on the subject:
"Second, he tried to push forward a rigorous and well-grounded study of
pattern formation and self-organization almost before anyone else. He
failed…" 366
F. Eugene Yates, editor of Self-Organizing Systems: The Emergence of
Order, sums up the criticisms directed at Prigogine by Daniel L. Stein and
the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Phillip W. Anderson, in an essay in that
same journal:
The authors [Anderson and Stein] compare symmetry-breaking in
thermodynamic equilibrium systems (leading to phase change) and in
systems far from equilibrium (leading to dissipative structures). Thus, the
authors do not believe that speculation about dissipative structures and
their broken symmetries can, at present, be relevant to questions of the
origin and persistence of life. 367
In short, Prigogine's theoretical studies are of no value in explaining
the origin of life. The same authors make this comment about his theories:
Contrary to statements in a number of books and articles in this field, we
believe that there is no such theory, and it even may be that there are no
such structures as they are implied to exist by Prigogine, Haken, and their
collaborators. 368
In essence, experts in the subject state that none of the theses
Prigogine put forward possess any truth or validity, and that structures of
the kind he discusses (dissipative structures) may not even really exist.
Prigogine's claims are considered in great detail in Jean Bricmont's

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