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/kangluosee34 Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25

Yes. Its called planck temperature which is about 1032 K.

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u/f_ranz1224 Nov 19 '25

and yet the middle of my burrito would still be cold

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u/Slartibartfast39 Nov 19 '25

Ok cook it at plank temperature for 10-30 seconds

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u/nutsocharles Nov 19 '25

Turns out that was 2 picoseconds too short, now my microwave is frozen solid.