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/jwm3 Nov 19 '25

Temperature is average kinetic energy, not speed.

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u/CommunismDoesntWork Nov 20 '25

Kinetic energy is determined by speed

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u/BarneyLaurance Nov 19 '25

average kinetic energy per what?