Attempting to get to Absolute Zero seems to be an absolute problem. One physicist was joking around with me the other day and he stated; I have found Absolute Zero and its location is absolutely nowhere. You see, absolute zero is where absolutely nothing is happening. If something begins to happen then it would be observed and once it is observed it is known and therefore it is no longer nowhere. For something to be observed it would have activity and therefore could not remain at absolute zero.
Why is it so important to find absolute zero? Because it is a perfect place to do experiments, to observe things and events with nothing else around taking place. If there is no heat at all and nothing else is going on and then whenever you make something occur it can be adequately measured.
If there is no heat or entropy, there is no decay and things should last forever in that state of absolute zero. That is if you can find absolute zero and if you can keep anything at absolute zero. In fact some have speculated that absolute zero cannot exist anywhere, but that does not mean it cannot exist nowhere. In fact that may be the only place it can exist.
Of course the ironic nature of this is that if absolute zero can only exist nowhere and no where is not known to exist because if it did it would be somewhere; then you can see the problem we have is getting bigger not smaller along with the hunt for absolute zero. Will scientists ever be able to get to absolute zero or find it in nature? Will they be able to create it and where will they be able to create this special circumstance?
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