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Teeqoz said:
Player2 said:

Ehem. Negative temperatures exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_temperature

OT: Thermodynamic beta FTW.

Yes, but it's a concept that is quite different from what we normally call temperature. To quote the wikipedia page "A substance with a negative temperature is not colder than absolute zero, but rather it is hotter than infinite temperature".

For something to literally be colder than absolute zero, it would require particles to have negative kinetic energy, as at absolute zero, particles (theoretically) only have zero point energy.

I know, I was talking from a strictly numerical standpoint.