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How are we sure we don't have a subjective understanding of what "order" is when we say the second law of thermodynamics ensures that order is always decreasing in a system?

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Why don't we engineer a harmless covid variant that becomes dominant and eradicates/replaces the others?

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What would happen if you burp upside down?

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Infant formula says "warming above 38 degrees C will compromise the B. Lactis" but every scientific article I find says B. Lactis survives well up to even 45 or 55 degrees. Are the instructions just being conservative, or can it be "comprised" in other ways?

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If a spaceship turns on its engine, it will accelerate. So what's preventing the ship from reaching lightspeed if it always has its engine on?

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How are we sure we don't have a subjective understanding of what "order" is when we say the second law of thermodynamics ensures that order is always decreasing in a system?	1
Why don't we engineer a harmless covid variant that becomes dominant and eradicates/replaces the others?	1
What would happen if you burp upside down?	1
Infant formula says "warming above 38 degrees C will compromise the B. Lactis" but every scientific article I find says B. Lactis survives well up to even 45 or 55 degrees. Are the instructions just being conservative, or can it be "comprised" in other ways?	1
If a spaceship turns on its engine, it will accelerate. So what's preventing the ship from reaching lightspeed if it always has its engine on?	1