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mdv96
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I haven't thought about this until recently but, since 0 is nothing, how is there negative numbers? How is this possible O_o?

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1337Player
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Peasant

Let me Google that for you.

Joe made a very good point with the owing someone money which was going to be my post but oh well.

halogunner
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Nomad

by the way scientists havent reached absolute zero yet

nevetsthereaper
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Nomad

i beleive its called a vacuum(spelling). a space entirely devoid of matter, like space. no matter.........what, its still a vacuum, then again it seems as though a vacuum is nothing, so it kinda depends on your definition of nothing, like this bottle has nothing in it, isn't true unless its a vacuum inside, then its nothing, but less than that, there is nothing. is simply impossible. if you had something, took everything away, even all matter, you would have nothing, but to get to less than nothing, youd have to take away something else, but there is nothing else, and even if there was something else, you wouldn't have had nothing to begin with, you would have had something, either way you end up with nothing.

and as far as numerical goes, i'll quote my algebra teacher "if you have a negative, you still have something, its just not positive"

SubZero131
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Nomad

by the way scientists havent reached absolute zero yet


and they prolly wont because to do that entropy would need to cease, which is impossible with our laws or the laws of thermodynamics
Google567
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Farmer

I think this thread is just going to confuse people.

nevetsthereaper
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Nomad

at absolute zero, matter breaks down, molecules and atoms cease to move, thus everything falls apart that not pulled together by gravity, like a room made to go to absolute zero would fall to dust immediately upon reaching that temperature, a chair for example, crumble, into singular atoms.

Google567
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Farmer

You seem like the smartest one here with all those words.

SubZero131
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at absolute zero, matter breaks down, molecules and atoms cease to move, thus everything falls apart that not pulled together by gravity, like a room made to go to absolute zero would fall to dust immediately upon reaching that temperature, a chair for example, crumble, into singular atoms.


cool story bro now i am more interested in absolute zero
WexMajor82
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Nomad

The fun part is that absolute zero does not exist.
Not even in outer space. Things won't disgregate because thay are in space; and man has not accomplished (yet) obtaining it artificially.

nevetsthereaper
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Nomad

right right, its all theory, but still. i didn't mean to sound like it was proven or anything.

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