CrusaderFrank
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Tell me which part of the statement of the 2nd law of thermodynamics I have misinterpreted?
It is not possible for heat to flow from a colder body to a warmer body without any work having been done to accomplish this flow. Energy will not flow spontaneously from a low temperature object to a higher temperature object.
In fact which part of that statement have I not accepted at face value...which part have I interpreted in any manner at all...much less misinterpreted?
Tod answered above. To paraphrase Tod, you believe there exist smart photons that can avoid directions where there are warmer objects.
The same way it takes a smart bowling ball not to float up into space when its released