Only an unreconstructed arrogance would doubt the exactness of these scientific measurements. Therefore, I must conclude these people were not present for the highest temperature recorded on earth. Had they shared my roomette on the Baltimore & Ohio Capitol Limited on a return trip to Washington, DC many years ago; they would have conceded the roomette’s temperature fluctuated wildly between Absolute Zero and 4.2 billion degrees. What is more perplexing is the quotidian nature of the phenomenon.
I just saw this story referenced at WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.com.
Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab