>Jerry
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>Youch!
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>In fairness, this is part of a discussion about God/self determination. When he says "stability" he nominates people, ideas, religions, states etc and says that stable ones last longer. Clearly he is not talking about absolute equilibrium but about longevity of identifiable entities.
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>My point was that to achieve such stability requires an infusion of energy. So "the Universe's preference" is in fact a net inward transfer of energy to the lucky recipient, generally as the result of effort.

Actually, it is the other way around. To achieve stability requires a loss of energy, to the lowest state possible, which is identical to the minimum energy content, or maximum Entropy.


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>Cosmic realities notwithstanding I can see his point...
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>Regards
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>JR