Recent content by ChrisPeace

It really just sounds like "Sorry, this is the BEST we can do". It doesn't make it right, it makes it the only thing we've come up with thus far.

If I place a hand grenade on the pavement, pull the pin, and get behind something safe, when it explodes, EVERYTHING in that package that was once "at rest" is now "in motion". If we are to ascribe to the theory that this whole universe exploded into existence from a singularity, then we HAVE...

I guess to simplify my question: Is there ANYTHING in the universe that isn't in motion?

Is there such a thing as "at rest"? I've been watching some lectures on relativity from a professor at Berkley and he brings up the central idea of the "reference frame" relative to being in motion or "at rest". He says that if I were to ask you if you were currently in motion or at rest...

I guess the reason I am hung up on the term "anti" is this whole notion that if they come into contact with each other than they are destroyed.

Why can't they be particles that have no interaction with each other whatsoever? Why is one "anti"? Can't they simply be unique?

I was watching a documentary about Paul Dirac and his work and I have a pretty basic question. Matter is made of sub atomic particles that comprise atoms. The proton is the opposite of an electron, but an electron is not an anti-proton. Why do Dirac's equations predict anti-matter...

This may be necroposting and I don't know if this is against the terms of the forum, but I'll give it a go. I understand the idea that time doesn't bend, space does, but I know I've been getting a lot of people saying that light doesn't slow down. In Relativity Einstein says "a curvature of...

Freemasonry is different things to different people. To me its an esoteric tradition that embeds moral code into symbols. I think that in Europe things are different, they are much more secretive which is the way it used to be. We do charitable works, but traditionally we are a silent...

Honestly, I'd imagine that there aren't any that try to get into Lodges just to see what's going on. Types that have an honest interest in the ritual and our principles are the types who petition and are initiated. Types who wish to condemn it are usually very lazy and will simply just...

Our rituals have been exposed for years, but reading a book wouldn't give you information on how to get past a member who was suspicious of you. Even then, the books have been outdated and aren't very accurate anymore. Rituals are different from country to country while keeping a central...

I was just curious if there were any other Freemasons on this forum! I sure hope so! As lovers of the arts and sciences I'd almost expect to find a few of you!

Its my understanding that relativity can only be related to larger systems, whereas quantum mechanics gets to the subatomic level. From what I've watched and read, relativity cannot be applied to subatomic particles, and quantum mechanics cannot be applied to galaxies. Its been my...

Hello everyone! I'm wondering why everyone feels its important that we have one unified theory of physics. Why must all things play by the same set of rules? I play baseball, or I play basketball, they are sports, but their rules are unique and that makes them special right? Why...

I appreciate the feedback. I'm not a physicist. I was horrible in high school math and I'm really just starting to get interested in physics so the question I'm asking isn't an educated one...just a curious one.