Re: religion


Pete Dashwood wrote:
> "Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> If all the energy (matter) in the universe is considered, it comes to
> >> zero. (That is why antimatter annihilates matter).
> >
> > When matter and anti-matter come in contact, they transform into
> > energy.
>
> Not exactly. (Energy is released; they are annihilated, not transformed)
>
> > So if the universe were compose of an equal amount of matter and anti
> > matter, and if we brought all of that together, we'd end up with a large
> > amount of energy. Assuming there is no such thing as "anti-energy", this
> > doesn't result in a zero sum.
> >
> There is "anti-energy". It was shown by Dirac to exist and a positron (for
> example) is comprised of it.

I thought this smelled a little off. A positron (posited by Dirac and
proved to exist by others) is an anti-matter particle composed of
energy which will annihilate with a matter particle releasing energy.
There is no anti-energy; the result of annihilation is energy.

Wikipedia: The positron is the antiparticle or the antimatter
counterpart of the electron. The positron has an electric charge of +1,
a spin of 1/2, and the same mass as an electron. When a positron
annihilates with an electron, their mass is converted into energy in
the form of two gamma ray photons. (See electron-positron annihilation)

>
> Dirac (being a genius) did not take this obvious step but instead considered
> the implications. When energy levels are calculated in the relativistic
> version of Quantum Mechanics, there are two sets: one all positive,
> corresponding to MC^2, and one all negative, corresponding to MINUS MC^2.

Or e=imc**2 ?

Does that mean that we could be living in an imaginary universe?

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