eli5: why isn’t it possible to cook e.g. cookies at twice the temperature for half the time? obviously i know it isn’t possible, but *why*? what’s the physics behind it?

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eli5: why isn’t it possible to cook e.g. cookies at twice the temperature for half the time? obviously i know it isn’t possible, but *why*? what’s the physics behind it?

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Heat is just molecules bumping into each other faster. Heat that is too high is like using a battering ram to hammer in a nail. There’s too much unnecessary force for what you’re trying to do so you “burn” it and destroy it instead of joining things together just right.