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Mephisto
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I heard somewhere that it is a matter of debate whether or not there is an absolutely highest temperature, analogous to absolute zero. This puzzled me because I thought that this is a direct consequence of Einstein's relativity:
Temperature is average kinetic energy of a substance. But since the particles in the substance are limited by the highest speed, the speed of light, doesn't it make sense that your substance has to have a theoretical limit defined by this constraint?
Temperature is average kinetic energy of a substance. But since the particles in the substance are limited by the highest speed, the speed of light, doesn't it make sense that your substance has to have a theoretical limit defined by this constraint?