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What is the connection between absolute zero and the speed of light?
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∙ 13y ago
the energy needed to slow atoms down increases towards infinity the closer you approach the lower cosmic speed limit, 0 km/s > 0 atomic movement is absolute zero
the energy needed to speed up atoms increases towards infinity the closer you approach the upper cosmic speed limit, 300 000 km/s > is the speed of light
Both are unattainable. Perhaps an expert in physics can step in here. I guess the connection if there is one should be found in what determines those limits. I am guessing it has something to do with the uncertainty principle, the curvature of space time and the total energy of our universe. Why? Wet finger technique, pure speculative guess work. That's what my intuition tells me but unfortunately human intuition doesn't really seem to work an awful lot when trying to figure out how the universe works. ^^
Don't take this answer too serious. I am not a physicist and it probably shows :p
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