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> The human body doesn't run on calories, it runs on food.

This and other "the human body is immune from the effects of thermodynamics" arguments are... well, wrong. Otherwise there is a breakthrough in physics waiting to be found and potential unlimited energy.

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> This and other "the human body is immune from the effects of thermodynamics" arguments are... well, wrong. Otherwise there is a breakthrough in physics waiting to be found and potential unlimited energy.

I think you misunderstood me. I was simply saying that food is more than the sum of its caloric content. I am not implying that the human body is magically immune from the laws of physics.

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