[marginalia_nu]

Well in this case you absolutely can, the results just seem counter to our intuition about temperature. Negative temperature is a meaningful description of these types of systems.

[pwr-electronics]

I'm trying to explain how articles often conflate "intuition" with "breaking physics", and you're making your argument by conflating them. We're having different conversations.

[marginalia_nu]

Where have I said anything about any of this breaking physics, other than repeatedly clarifying that it doesn't...?

[pwr-electronics]

> With a generous interpretation, they can be said to break classical thermodynamics

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31008263

[marginalia_nu]

Operative word being classical. Quantum physics breaks classical physics. Stopped being controversial about a hundred years ago.

Thw very same comment specifically states that physics itself is not broken.

[pwr-electronics]

Ok, so you're confirming that you're doing exactly what I said popular science articles often do.

[marginalia_nu]

No I am not. Breaking classical physics is not breaking physics.