@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square240fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down131
arrow-up1484arrow-down1imageProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square240fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-22 years agoI said “in most cases”. I am aware that it is possible. We’re looking at a macroscopic system here though. A microwave, not a couple of atoms in a lab. good luck cooling a couple of atoms in the center of an opaque blob of food with a laser
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoI completely agree with your third point where you said “in most cases”. It was your first two points trying to create an analogy with light that I was responding to
I said “in most cases”. I am aware that it is possible. We’re looking at a macroscopic system here though. A microwave, not a couple of atoms in a lab. good luck cooling a couple of atoms in the center of an opaque blob of food with a laser
I completely agree with your third point where you said “in most cases”.
It was your first two points trying to create an analogy with light that I was responding to