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[deleted] t1_jcrscr6 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:37 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrsanq wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:37 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrs7bq wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:36 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrrx82 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:34 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrrqk9 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:32 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrrozg wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:32 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrrl26 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:31 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrrb1f wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:29 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrr5ub wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:28 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrqzmn wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:26 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrqstx wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:25 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrqhbr wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:22 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrpu50 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:17 AM

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GoodGoodGoody t1_jcrp98z wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:13 AM

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Question: Flu has higher body temperatures (to fight infection?) but colds don’t?

[deleted] t1_jcrp71o wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:12 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrp2ba wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:11 AM

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rysto32 t1_jcrp1v0 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:11 AM

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It is not. There was a report from the Department of Energy that said with low confidence that a lab leak was had the highest probability of being the culprit. One report from one government department does not make for an official US government position.

[deleted] t1_jcrouuo wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:09 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrofux wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:06 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrod9q wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:06 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrnic7 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:59 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrng5e wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:58 AM

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[deleted] t1_jcrn3dw wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:56 AM

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fr293 t1_jcrn2xs wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:56 AM

Reply to We're often taught that objects travel to lower energy states to reach stability. But the energy of the universe is constant - doesn't that just mean other surrounding things go to higher energy states? What decides which thing gets to have low energy? by SMM-123Sam

Why do you think that the energy of the universe is constant? If you have an isolated system that is small enough that relativistic effects can be neglected, then energy is conserved. In systems as large as the universe, it’s not so simple. But if we are dealing with closed systems in which energy is conserved, then the flow of energy is determined in the most coarse sense by the second law of thermodynamics, which tells us that heat cannot move to from one body to a hotter body.

[deleted] t1_jcrm3r2 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 12:48 AM

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