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> I wonder if that principle applies here or not It applies, but also in practice the maximum temperature is lower than the theoretical upper bound. https://w
by ben_w 4mo ago
> I wonder if that principle applies here or not
It applies, but also in practice the maximum temperature is lower than the theoretical upper bound.
https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/
- appplication 4mo agoOh funny, my intuition when I was writing that was “there’s probably an xkcd what if about this”, but I imagined it be about surrounding the sun with mirrors. Same idea though in the end
- cobbal 4mo agoYou may have been thinking of this one instead https://what-if.xkcd.com/141/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/141/ . Maybe we should put Randall on the supervillain watchlist.
- exe34 4mo agoI'm confident that the physics is correct, but I hate when things are translated for the lay public: > "In general, there's no way to "overlay" light beams on each other, because the whole system has to be reversible". Behold, my two torches.