Weird Question

[The Dark Lord]

Okay you know how there is a scientific theory about the universe being created, destroyed, and resurrected? Do they really believe that matter is destroyed just froma collision of galaxies? wouldn't that be against the law of conservation of mass? So if they believe matter is perpetual, do scientists believe in immortality to a certain extent? I mean immortality as in part of us can always be found in the universe, no matter if an explosion scatters our atoms. So to a certain extent, we are immortal. (For the scientists that believe in this theory.)

 

 

 

I mean how do scientists view that? I can't say I personally believe that, but I thought it was a good question.

[warri0r45]

Okay you know how there is a scientific theory about the universe being created, destroyed, and resurrected? Do they really believe that matter is destroyed just froma collision of galaxies? wouldn't that be against the law of conservation of mass? So if they believe matter is perpetual, do scientists believe in immortality to a certain extent? I mean immortality as in part of us can always be found in the universe, no matter if an explosion scatters our atoms. So to a certain extent, we are immortal. (For the scientists that believe in this theory.)

 

 

 

I mean how do scientists view that? I can't say I personally believe that, but I thought it was a good question.

 

 

 

Conservation of mass generally only applies in chemistry, not nessecarily in cosmology. And the point about being immortal... That's more of a philosophical question, not scientific. According to science, you can never be biologically immortal, but the particles that make up you can exist for longer than your lifespan (and generally have existed for a very long time before hand and will exist for a very long time after).

[rocketman089]

Warrior, the laws of physics are universal... if it applies to your labroom beaker it applies to the cosmos. As to matter being destroyed, when that happens it's turned to energy, and nice versa. It's still all there.

[warri0r45]

Warrior, the laws of physics are universal... if it applies to your labroom beaker it applies to the cosmos. As to matter being destroyed, when that happens it's turned to energy, and nice versa. It's still all there.

 

 

 

Of course, but laws must be used in the context of what is being discussed or studied.

[fakeitormakeit]

I'm not quite sure.

 

 

 

Errr...Can I ask a question? What do people who believe in the big bang or other scientific theories believe happens to you after death? You just decompost in the ground? Thank you in advance.

[rocketman089]

I'm not quite sure.

 

 

 

Errr...Can I ask a question? What do people who believe in the big bang or other scientific theories believe happens to you after death? You just decompost in the ground? Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

Yes.....

[Flametrooper]

I'm not quite sure.

 

 

 

Errr...Can I ask a question? What do people who believe in the big bang or other scientific theories believe happens to you after death? You just decompost in the ground? Thank you in advance.

 

 

 

You go to a place with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. :P

 

 

 

Nha, jk, I accept manymany scientific theories, and yet I still believe in spirituality - a soul, and all that. Whether you go to Haven/Hell, or whether your soul rejoins some sort of spirit energy, or you are reincarnated, or you just become one with the natural world - well, each of those is believed by a different group of people, and it's kinda impossible, short of receiving total enlightenment, to know which one if any is "right". But that's not the point of this topic.

 

 

 

Also:

 

the laws of physics are universal

 

Not really. When talking about really really really small stuff, like subatomic particles, the rules are different than they are with big stuff like galaxies. Hence Einstein's "General Relativity" and "Special Relativity". Quantum physics gets different from cosmic physics.

[rocketman089]

the laws of physics are universal

 

Not really. When talking about really really really small stuff, like subatomic particles, the rules are different than they are with big stuff like galaxies. Hence Einstein's "General Relativity" and "Special Relativity". Quantum physics gets different from cosmic physics.

 

 

 

Didn't realize we were talking about quantum physics (don't be so condescending btw).

[monkeypie10]

Okay you know how there is a scientific theory about the universe being created, destroyed, and resurrected? Do they really believe that matter is destroyed just froma collision of galaxies? wouldn't that be against the law of conservation of mass? So if they believe matter is perpetual, do scientists believe in immortality to a certain extent? I mean immortality as in part of us can always be found in the universe, no matter if an explosion scatters our atoms. So to a certain extent, we are immortal. (For the scientists that believe in this theory.)

 

 

 

I mean how do scientists view that? I can't say I personally believe that, but I thought it was a good question.

 

 

 

In God, we trust.

[forsaken]

the laws of physics are universal

 

Not really. When talking about really really really small stuff, like subatomic particles, the rules are different than they are with big stuff like galaxies. Hence Einstein's "General Relativity" and "Special Relativity". Quantum physics gets different from cosmic physics.

 

 

 

Didn't realize we were talking about quantum physics (don't be so condescending btw).

 

 

 

How's he being condescending? He stated facts. Considering the fact that you stated that the laws physics are universal, you can't blame him for making the assumption that you didn't know that.

[LeonardMart]

for those questions with no answers... FORGET THEM! and have a nice day 8-)