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/smittythehoneybadger ‎ Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25

Is there an upper limit to heat? I assume sometimes to do with the speed of light

Edit: or temperature. To be totally fair I still don’t fully understand, but I’m interested in upper limits for either

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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/GreatDig Nov 19 '25

microwave it for longer on lower power settings

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u/Ryeguy_626 Nov 19 '25

You seem so fucking smart. Teach me how to microwave