This is a tantalizing translation of John 1:1,<ref>See the [[Conservative Bible Project]] for an ongoing effort to bring forth the best rendition in English of the original intent of the Bible.</ref> and it suggests that insight into the universe may be best understood by examining order, and its converse of disorder ([[entropy]]). Interestingly, the etymological meaning of the word "[[Devil]]" is synonymous with disorder.
''Consider this: have [[atheist]]s moved the study of physics away from an inquiry into "order" and "perfection" because they are synonymous with [[God]]?''
Viewing science in terms of ordering and disordering provides unifying insights into otherwise disparate phenomenon. Aging, for example, ostensibly seems unrelated to the Second Law of Thermodynamics as biology and physics are currently taught. Yet both can be understood clearly and simply as an action of disorder.
Focusing on order and disorder as the defining principles for nature has additional benefits. It provides a way for looking at the world that is helpful rather than hurtful. For exampleDaily, marriage brings greater order or even hourly, disorder causes frustration and anger, which can then be understood turned against others or even God. But recognizing disorder as beneficial for that reasonbeing caused by the Devil and easily overcome with faith is helpful. Moreover, some activities by their very nature enhance order, such as marriage.
New Testament miracles that ostensibly appear to be an unrelated collection of violations of physical laws, can be more easily understood as natural signs when viewed as a triumph of order over disorder.
The advance (or precession<ref>A "precession" is a slow gyration of an axis of rotation such that it traces a cone.</ref>) of the perihelion of Mercury is observed but not predicted by an elementary application of Newtonian mechanics to Mercury and the sun alone. This provided one of the great mysteries of physics around the turn of the century. A planet's "perihelion" is the point in its path of orbit that comes closest to the sun. For Mercury, that point of closest proximity is shifting with each revolution.
The [[theory of relativity]] developed to explain the then-observed shift in Mercury's perihelion a contributing factor of 42.98 (±0.04) arc-seconds per century. At the time, that provided a fit to explain the then-observed data of a precession shift in Mercury's perihelion of 5600.0. Subsequently, however, more accurate measurements with more sophisticated technology have determined a precise value of this precession (5599.7 arc-seconds per century), and the number provided by relativity no longer fits the data within the margin of error. Professor Clifford Will, a leading advocate for [[General Relativity]], omits this test entirely from his paper summarizing experimental evidence for relativity.<ref>[http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v63/p731/fulltext.pdf The confrontation between general relativity and experiment]</ref>
== Wave Functions ==
A close proximity of objects is more ordered than distant scattering.
Specifically, order could be quantified as being roughly proportional to the inverse of the surface area of the smallest sphere that encloses the objects. This fits well with the estimate of entropy -- the inverse of order -- as being proportional to surface area or radius squared.<ref>See, e.g., http://www.haverford.edu/cmsc/slindell/Presentations/A%20physical%20analysis%20of%20mechanical%20computability.pdf</ref> A precise correlation to between a quantified order and the inverse-square of distance would not be expected, particularly as distances vastly increase. Stated another way, order may not diminish as quickly as the surface area expands for large distances, because spatial ordering can still occur at great distances between the objects.
The theories of General Relativity and Newtonian gravity are contradicted by the "Pioneer anomaly." That anomaly or effect consists of the Pioneer slowing down more than expected as it left the solar system. "Dubbed the Pioneer Anomaly, the unexplained force appears to be acting against NASA’s identical Pioneer 10 and 11 probes, holding them back as they head away from the Sun."<ref>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070327_scitues_pioneeranom.html</ref> Of course, it begs the question to describe the cause as an "unknown force," as the relativity and Newtonian models may be fundamentally incorrect views of nature.
Relativity and Newtonian gravity have also failed to explain anomalies in spacecraft that have flown by Earth ("flybys").<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410705/</ref>
Entropy or disorder has been modeled as proportion to the distance squared, which is consisted with a modeling of order as roughly proportional to the inverse of distance squared. The disorder (entropy) of a hypothetical high-density [[black hole]] is controversial.<ref>http://nrumiano.free.fr/Estars/bh_thermo.html</ref>Consistent with the above, one view is that the entropy of a black hole is proportional to its surface area rather than to its volume.
== Transmission of Light ==
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