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Lasers often have negative temperatures. It's not that weird
Okay, can we use it for cooling like in Sundiver by David Brin[0], where people (IIRC) used lasers to keep themselves cool while, as per title, diving their ship into the Sun? -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundiver
For those who didn't know, Kelvin is already its own measurement. Think of it like on the same level as "meters" or "miles". You wouldn't say "500 degrees Kelvin", like you would 't say "50 amounts of meters". This is because Kelvin, like meters/miles, are already a measurement of some physical feature, in this case of kinetic energy of the particles. The word "degrees", on the other hand, does not represent a meanin…
On a side note, it would be awesome if all temperatures were in Kelvins.
For those who didn't know, Kelvin is already its own measurement. Think of it like on the same level as "meters" or "miles". You wouldn't say "500 degrees Kelvin", like you would 't say "50 amounts of meters". This is because Kelvin, like meters/miles, are already a measurement of some physical feature, in this case of kinetic energy of the particles. The word "degrees", on the other hand, does not represent a meanin…
I'd contest that Kelvins, being the same as centigrade degrees but counting from absolute zero, have a case for being called degrees too. On a side note, it would be awesome if all temperatures were in Kelvins.
> On a side note, it would be awesome if all temperatures were in Kelvins
You have my unconditional vote on that one! :-D