# In Defence of Dualism

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> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#):
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> That’s not right. The second law of thermodynamics is statistical, and violations have been observed; this doesn’t entail it’s not a law.

In fact, I suspect large-scale violations occur with relative frequency. If you have a 5000K star orbiting an 8000K star, the colder one will emit radiant heat that will be absorbed by the hotter one. The net heat flow will be toward the colder one, but the hotter still receives some heat from it.

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