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    Supports→A dissipative measurement using light to detect the molecule's location precludes a net conversion of heat into work in Szilard's engine.

    Landauer's principle establishes that any logically irreversible operation, including measurement, dissipates at least kT ln2 of energy as heat.

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    • 1.Erasure of information reduces system entropy, requiring energy dissipation to maintain second law compliance globally.
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    • 2.Experimental measurements in colloidal systems have confirmed heat dissipation matching kT ln2 predictions within error margins.
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    • 3.The principle unifies thermodynamics and information theory, explaining why physical systems cannot compute for free.
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    • 1.Landauer's principle assumes information is always physically embodied, but this remains philosophically contested and unproven.
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    • 2.Laboratory demonstrations remain controversial; alternative explanations (friction, inefficient apparatus) cannot be ruled out definitively.
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    • 3.The principle conflates logical irreversibility with thermodynamic irreversibility—distinct concepts requiring separate treatment.
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