RE: Can Matter be Created or Destroyed?
December 3, 2015 at 8:06 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2015 at 8:09 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
My guess is:
Matter can be created, and it was created during the "Big Bang." I also believe that a reversal of the process, in theory, would be an example of matter being destroyed. Whether that is possible in practice perhaps depends on whether the Big Crunch will ever happen. According to Lawrence Krauss it will not, the Universe will keep expanding forever and ever.
ou
So I would say I reckon matter can be created, but not destroyed - assuming Lawrence Krauss is right.
Energy however, I believe is eternal. Something must have always existed because it doesn't make sense for "nothing" to exist. It is possible for "empty space" to exist, but that is actually something, just barely. It exists as something at least on the subatomic level. And that is where the title of the book "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence Kraus is a misnomer (It should really be called "A Universe From "Empty space" Which Is Almost Nothing But Actually Just Barely Something At least On The Subatomic Level." - but that wouldn't be a very catchy title now would it?
). Although the science itself I am sure is very accurate.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Matter can be created, and may or may not be able to be destroyed.
Just my 2 cents/pence.
Matter can be created, and it was created during the "Big Bang." I also believe that a reversal of the process, in theory, would be an example of matter being destroyed. Whether that is possible in practice perhaps depends on whether the Big Crunch will ever happen. According to Lawrence Krauss it will not, the Universe will keep expanding forever and ever.
ou
So I would say I reckon matter can be created, but not destroyed - assuming Lawrence Krauss is right.
Energy however, I believe is eternal. Something must have always existed because it doesn't make sense for "nothing" to exist. It is possible for "empty space" to exist, but that is actually something, just barely. It exists as something at least on the subatomic level. And that is where the title of the book "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence Kraus is a misnomer (It should really be called "A Universe From "Empty space" Which Is Almost Nothing But Actually Just Barely Something At least On The Subatomic Level." - but that wouldn't be a very catchy title now would it?
). Although the science itself I am sure is very accurate.Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Matter can be created, and may or may not be able to be destroyed.
Just my 2 cents/pence.
