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Anti-matter
Replies: 32Last Post Dec. 23, 2007 10:20pm by smartlake
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Well, as many of you are probably aware, anti-matter is the opposite of all matter. When anti-matter combines with its counterpart, both are converted into pure energy.

So, since everything has its anti-matter equivalent, does that then mean that there are opposites of all of us? In kind of a shadow-world? Are the opposites of us living and breathing? If we die, do they die, too?

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yes.... I think that there are exact opposites of us.




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Quote: from motorhead at 9:48 pm on Aug. 24, 2007

Well, as many of you are probably aware, anti-matter is the opposite of all matter. When anti-matter combines with its counterpart, both are converted into pure energy.

So, since everything has its anti-matter equivalent, does that then mean that there are opposites of all of us? In kind of a shadow-world? Are the opposites of us living and breathing? If we die, do they die, too?


Extremely vague and random analogy.

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Quote: from Moridin at 2:49 pm on Aug. 24, 2007

Extremely vague and random analogy.

Do you even know what an analogy is?

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OLPFan200 wanted me to post this for him.

"Anti-matter doesn't mean there is a shadow world with opposites of us.

Anti-matter is matter in which quarks or electrons have an opposite spin. It's been a while since I've looked at quantum mechanics, but it's something to that effect."

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No. Matter existing does not necessitate an anti-matter counterpart.

In fact, naturally occurring anti-matter has only been observed in minute quantities.

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Tis theoretically possible. Some scientists believe it to be true. Personally, I've been kind of waiting for a whole load of quantum theory to sudden be disproved and replace by another much simpler theory, as the laws of physics are almost always so pure and simple and true. Quantum physics, or what little I know of it, seems so much more layered with rule after rule after rule than the gorgeous simplicity that governs most of the world's physics.

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Actually Peregrine the new Supernova they found that is over 100x brighter than any previous supernova ever and way more powerful is believed to have been an "antimatter factory."

Anyway I knew my shadow was hiding something.


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Well if there is anti-matter that doesn't mean there will be opposites of us who are living and breathing. But there could be our elemental opposites floating around in space. Because when it comes down to it we are all star dust.

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It could be that our universes or dimensions are moving at opposite ways, one starting from the past, one starting from the future, and it works like that. That would mean that we would coolide at some point, though.

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Quote: from motorhead at 2:48 am on Aug. 25, 2007

So, since everything has its anti-matter equivalent,
does that then mean that there are opposites of all of us?


Matter and anti-matter aside, you have an interesting point.

The existence of parallel universes, have been proposed
by some very prominent scientists for some time, and is
in fact, still a subject of study today, albeit only in theory.

There might very well be another you, somewhere!



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Quote: from sophos at 7:00 am on Aug. 25, 2007

Quote: from motorhead at 2:48 am on Aug. 25, 2007

So, since everything has its anti-matter equivalent,
does that then mean that there are opposites of all of us?


Matter and anti-matter aside, you have an interesting point.

The existence of parallel universes, have been proposed
by some very prominent scientists for some time, and is
in fact, still a subject of study today, albeit only in theory.

There might very well be another you, somewhere!


Most of science is simply a theory in fact many laws of physics which we hold to be true are slowly being disproven on a subatomic level.  

Furthermore what if we are the shadow world of them...

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What if it's, say, matter waiting to happen?

If the universe is expanding, matter is being created out of nowhere, and this is impossible.
Unless anti-matter is matter waiting to happen.

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it is possible but like peregrine said matter existing does not mean there has to be an anti matter counterpart.. thats something i'd like to see though

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Quote: from i r sekz at 12:46 am on Aug. 26, 2007

Most of science is simply a theory in fact many laws of physics which
we hold to be true are slowly being disproven on a subatomic level.


In the field of quantum physics, anything is possible.


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