What is meant by charge? I’ve googled for the answer but all I can find is limited to the atomic level. Objects with a profusion of electrons are negatively charges and negatively charged particles are attracted to positively charged particles. That doesn’t tell me what it means for a positron to be positively charges. When scientist see a positron and a Negatron, what is it about each particle that tells them one is positive and one is negative?
I realize that we live in an electronic world where positrons are considered antimatter. Yet, I feel confused by the idea of a positron having an electric charge. There must be a definition of “charge” that supersedes electricity/electron/elect. I’m trying to think beyond our universal bias to make room for a universe where positrons are the norm and electrons the anti-material. Would an electron have a positric charge or is it possible to define charge without reference to electricity/positricity?
I realize that we live in an electronic world where positrons are considered antimatter. Yet, I feel confused by the idea of a positron having an electric charge. There must be a definition of “charge” that supersedes electricity/electron/elect. I’m trying to think beyond our universal bias to make room for a universe where positrons are the norm and electrons the anti-material. Would an electron have a positric charge or is it possible to define charge without reference to electricity/positricity?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
