I believe a distinction could be made around the second law of thermodynamics being emergent rather than, well, fundamental. Put another way: the second law of

I believe a distinction could be made around the second law of thermodynamics being emergent rather than, well, fundamental. Put another way: the second law of thermodynamics is not required to fully describe a universe that acts like ours appears to. It will "take care of itself" based on more fundamental descriptions of matter and its interactions. I'm also comfortable with what appears to be fundamental today no longer being fundamental tomorrow.