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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 Aug 2012

    .@wylieam: Is there an upper limit for temperature? // Nope. Just keep adding heat. Take away all heat to reach Absolute Zero

    5:37 AM - 20 Aug 2012
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      1. Ted Underwood‏ @Ted_Underwood 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Couldn't there (in principle) be a relativistic limit on temperature? I.e., particles can't move faster than c?

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      1. Nolan  🚀 👉 ❤ :/‏ @sneakin 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Does the speed of light place a limit on temperature? Atoms can't bounce around any faster.

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      2. Michael W. Parks‏ @mwparksphotos 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson What about the Planck temperature experienced during the big bang? Isn't that supposed to be an 'absolute heat'?

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      1. Mossa‏ @minigamedev 3 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson there is a video in vsauce channel on YouTube that disagrees slightly.

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      1. Tathar Nuar‏ @tatharnuar 10 Oct 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Where does the Planck temperature fit into all of this?

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      1. deathtolamo‏ @deathtolamo 24 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Though not so much you're forced to break conservation of mass/energy at any given time...

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      1. mark kalsbeek‏ @markk116 22 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam But isn't the cap the point where atoms start vibrating near light speed? Or doesn't that speed limit count here?

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      1. Josh Harrison‏ @Joshthebugman 21 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson once and for all can superman fly?

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      1. Marty Benson‏ @mbenson242003 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam If temp is the random KE of a substance, couldn't energy be added until motion equaled c?

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      1. Nola‏ @Nolawe 20 Aug 2012
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        Yea man i will test it on a pan after dinner not with oil but graso thanks @neiltyson @wylieam

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      1. Monody‏ @Rancore202 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Wouldn't the upper limit be the amount of energy present in the first few Femtoseconds at the beginning of the Universe?

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      1. Pandora's Daddy‏ @sircraig01 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam I would have thought that once you reached a particular temperature all subatomic activity would basically blow apart.

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      1. Mike‏ @liberalbastion 20 Aug 2012
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        .@neiltyson @wylieam how fast is ludicrous speed?

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      1. randycastro‏ @japanesian 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson is there anything below absolute zero, or is that getting into theoretical territory?

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      2. Andy Howell‏Verified account @d_a_howell 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @wylieam Well, kind of, particle speeds limited by c. Universe density limited by Big Bang. Can't go higher than T at Plack time.

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      3. Jason Gorber‏Verified account @filmfest_ca 20 Aug 2012
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        @d_a_howell @wylieam Ha, suck it, @neiltyson! Sadly, I was thinking that mass of universe/speed of light might limit temp, but, well, dumb

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