Please give an example of when nothing but energy is converted into mass, other than the Big Bang. Thank you. :)
[Particle accelerators can do it.]
Sorry, but there was no particle accelerator at the beginning of the universe. ;) So it's impossible for energy to be converted into mass because energy doesn't contain mass. But mass does contain energy so mass can be converted into energy. But energy cannot be converted into mass unless acted upon by mass. It therefore cannot create mass. So the converse of Einstein's theory is untrue. Sorry. ;)
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"Sorry, but there was no particle accelerator at the beginning of the universe. ;)"No man-made particle accelerators.
"So it's impossible for energy to be converted into mass because energy doesn't contain mass."
Apparently you don't understand the meaning of the word "converted."
"But mass does contain energy so mass can be converted into energy. But energy cannot be converted into mass unless acted upon by mass. It therefore cannot create mass. So the converse of Einstein's theory is untrue. Sorry. ;)"
Some people are just so wrong one can't help them.
Fucking fundies always do that shit....
There were no man made particle accelerators at the start of the universe true, but the sudden expansion of the universe from a point so small it has no dimmensions would act as a particle accelerator, thus converting energy into mass. In conclusion, you fail at science.
At the lowest level, at least in our current level of understanding, everything we call "energy" is carried by some particle or another. Conversely, every particle can be viewed as a bundle of energy. So the distinction between energy and mass becomes somewhat vague.
Just as a sidebar. On a quantum level, a spring will increase in mass as its potential energy is increased (stetched or squeezed.)
Uh ... black holes have been theorized to do that all the time. Particle and antiparticle pairs flicker into existence right on the Schwarzschild radius. Sometimes one of these falls on the outside of the SR while the other is inside it. This is the cause of Hawking Radiation.
"Please give an example of when nothing but energy is converted into mass, other than the Big Bang. Thank you. :)"at the beginning of the universe. "
Translation: give me an example other than X. [example is given] Sorry, but this is not X. ;)
I never FULLY understood this branch of science, but I thought energy couldn't exist without matter?
Somehow, I think that Carico's theory of relativity is very, very different from Einstein's. First of all, there are a lot more babies with Kleinfelter's.
Carico makes it real simple -- she gives you the fish, the barrel, and the gun. Nice big juicy stripers too, not some cheesy little herring.
And what is it with Einstein and unusually ignorant righties anyway?
Great work Carico.
Now that you've scrapped all of Einstein's work, and no doubt you have already disproven evolution, where will you go next?
I agree with Ed. Fundie of the year might be a close one.
More then particle accelerators can convert energy into mass. You asked for an alternative object to the Big Bang that can convert energy into mass. Therefore, you acknowledge that the Big Bang can convert energy into mass. For that, you must acknowledge the Big Bang. Therefore, God did not create the universe, and evolution happened.
*sigh* the Universe does NOT work that way!
you fail.
besides, i'm not even sure what you are trying to argue here.
*points to the door* go play with the other little ones as us grown ups are busy not being delusional.
Confused?
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