now entering Delusions of Grandeur! population: kiwiol
you're throwing out jargon under the assumption i'm not aware of entropy or who francis bacon is (by the by, the second law of thermodynamics is PHYSICAL law, META-physical means things like "what is reality?" and "does the world exist when i can't see it?" if you're going to try and sound smart, at least look up your big words on wikipedia ).
because were being intelligent
"does the world exist when i can't see it?"
the answer to this question is no, according to many interpretations of quantum physics. the photoelectric effect or wave/particle duality is collapsed into particles by consciousnous. this was shown in the double slit experiment. consciousnous is needed, it is an active participant. but consciousnous itself is a quantum event, so what collapses consciousnous? any ideas zach? its a paradoxical question. i admit your smarter then i gave you credit for.
however, that interpretation could be wrong. schrodingers cat type stuff.
the meta-physical means above or beyond physics. like what was before the big bang, your definition is correct. unfortunately there was no such thing as before, before the big bang. i would say that we might be able to answer some of the metaphysical questions in the future(just a guess though).
and to kiwi's defence i dont think he was trying to tie bacon and the second law. merely the implications.
ps.. dawkins is a zoologist
lol.