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The Laws of Thermodynamics

0th Law - It's The Only Game in Town

It's ALL ENERGY - everything in this Reality and in this Universe is simply just Energy in its True Bottom Line, albeit Energy in its various forms, and as the Laws of Thermodynamics are fundamentally concerned with Energy, it really IS, The Only Game in Town !!!

1st Law - You Must Play the Game

As there is only one Universe and one Reality, and you exist in this, you must obey the Laws of Physics.

Energy can be transformed from one its forms into another of its forms, but Energy itself can neither be created nor destroyed.

2nd Law - You Can't Win

You can't get Something for Nothing, therefore ; no perpetual motion machines, because you can't get more 'out' than you put 'in'.

3rd Law - You Can't Break Even

With 100% efficiency you can 'break even', but only a superconducter has near "100% efficiency", so the rest of the time we can't even 'break even', we 'lose' (usually thru friction losses).

4th Law - You Can't Quit the Game

We are all 'stuck' in this Universe and in this Reality, as there is no where else to go ! Thus, we can't "quit" the Game.

5th Law - You Invented the Game

As the Gurus and Spiritual Teachers say, we have Consciousness, and THAT is also some kind of Energy, though we can't specifically define what THAT is as yet, and yet we have discovered the rules of The Game of Energy, and as Energy is the sole constituent of this Universe and of this Reality, that's really something quite significant that we have discovered and realized.

Or , The Laws more succinctly put :

You Can't Get Something for Nothing , and , There's No Free Lunch !!
and don't even think about trying to 'Get Ahead of The Game' !! Lol

A while ago the 3 Laws got expanded to 4. Changing the The Four Laws into a gambling 'street language' metaphor has been attributed to chemist and novelist C. P. Snow. 1.You must play the game. 2.You can't win 3.You can't break even 4.You can't quit the game. Then, thinking about it last year the above 0th Law manifested in mind ! In keeping with the 'Game' metaphor I particularly like, "It's the Only Game in Town" ! Lol which might be the most fitting of all the Zero-th Law ideas that have been offered so far ! As everything in this Universe and in this Reality is really just Energy . . .
It really IS the Only Game in Town !!!

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