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I don't think that is true. When you pick up the ball and move it, you are part of the system... and it takes work (and produces heat). No second law violation,
by adamc 8y ago
I don't think that is true. When you pick up the ball and move it, you are part of the system... and it takes work (and produces heat). No second law violation, right?
- krastanov 8y agoIndeed, no 2nd law violation. And this work does not have anything to do with the 2nd law. OP summary is great: they are just doing an operation and then doing it in reverse (albeit in a technically interesting way).
- _Schizotypy 8y agoThere is also no violation in the proposed experiment because they put energy into the system to do their "reversal"