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Why is it that people claim the laws of thermodynamics do not apply to humans?
by tekla 2y ago
Why is it that people claim the laws of thermodynamics do not apply to humans?
- bslanej 1y agoBecause our metabolisation mechanisms are extremely complex and many things, like genetics, decide how we metabolise food; we are not petrol engines.
- TheCoelacanth 1y agoObviously the laws of thermodynamics apply, but the most naive application of the laws of thermodynamics doesn't. A human body isn't a bomb calorimeter and it doesn't perfectly combust everything you eat.
- asoneth 1y agoNo one is claiming that the laws of thermodynamics do not apply to humans.