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On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:33:23 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

> Is there any activity going on at absolute zero?

No, because the Third Law of Thermodynamics says you can’t get there 
anyway.

Fun fact: there are actual physical systems with negative absolute 
temperatures (I studied a bit of this in undergrad physics), but whether 
starting from positive or negative, you can’t get to absolute zero from 
either side.