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Temperature, especially in this context, relates to energy. The relative energy isn't 8x.

> boiling point is more than 8 times higher than water’s, so it can absorb all the extra heat

This is a bit like saying that a skyscraper is 8 times as tall as an apartment building, so the gravity is much weaker up there. Obviously not as extreme a mistake, but that's why people are jumping on it.




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