We've been telling creationists for years that 2nd law should not be (mis)used against evolution, and Pinker goes and uses it wrt poverty.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/815593499546398720 …
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Richard D. Morey Retweeted Michael Shermer
We've been telling creationists for years that 2nd law should not be (mis)used against evolution, and Pinker goes and uses it wrt poverty.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/815593499546398720 …
Richard D. Morey added,
but pinker isn't saying wealth isn't possible because of 2nd law, just that lack of wealth doesn't require special expl'tion
These sorts of metaphorical uses of physics are inappropriate from a scientist. You don't need 2nd law for this point.
ok, your point = not that the statement is right/wrong, as such, rather it is an illegitimate extension of the physical law?
one that (possibly) appears to legitimise other inappropriate metaphorical uses of physical laws
in a world of evo and entropy, how matter organized into Pinker's hairdo is surely in need of explanation.
Not a closed system. 
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