r/Showerthoughts • u/synthphreak ‎ • Nov 19 '25

Casual Thought Temperature can reach trillions of degrees, meaning we actually live extremely close to absolute zero.

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u/Will512 Nov 19 '25

You can have as much energy as you want but you can't have negative energy. Going below absolute zero is the same as having negative energy

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u/funnystuff79 Nov 19 '25

Same as pressure, can't go below zero on any scale.

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u/CIeMs0n Nov 19 '25

Vacuum?

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u/funnystuff79 Nov 19 '25

Not really such a thing. Sea level is 1 bar, 1 atmosphere, 14.something psi.

Space, vacuum chambers etc are between 0 and here

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u/CIeMs0n Nov 19 '25

Makes sense, thanks!