tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post3925555431138019815..comments2023-10-29T13:33:18.452+00:00Comments on Anthony Peake's Cheating The Ferryman Blog Page: Mass and EnergyAnthony Peakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199138770925114308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467236423735891536.post-76278113643374942082008-04-18T17:20:00.000+01:002008-04-18T17:20:00.000+01:00Tony;Question: In your post you state that - "Ener...<B>Tony</B>;<BR/>Question: In your post you state that - "<I>Energy and mass are the same thing according to Einstein's famous E=MC2 equation</I>" however, I'm not sure you have that quite right for surely if Mass and Energy were the same then you couldn't separate the two in the famous equation, making it E=EC2 (if E were Energy AND Mass!!)<BR/><BR/>Matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration but as all Mass involves matter of some kind, I do think there is a distinct difference between Energy and Mass.<BR/><BR/>Adopting String Theory and M-Theory, it is suggested that these strings of energy vibrate with a precise '<I>fine-tuning</I>' akin to the strings of a cello. The energy that these strings emit is then perceived as matter, therefore mass and ultimately reality.<BR/><BR/>So, to finally answer your sleep-adled question (and goodness knows I ask myself many of those), Yes AND No! It depends on your definition of "<I>nothing</I>". Is the membrane on which the strings are vibrating from which we perceive '<I>reality</I>' itself existant within '<I>something</I>' or within '<I>nothing</I>' and as purest Quantum Mechanics tells us that each atom is mostly comprised of nothing (excluding the Dark Energy argument) then it is entirely possible.<BR/><BR/>I'm really looking forward to the first ale-induced pub chat we have after you've read Sartre's "<I>Being and Nothingness</I>"Karl Le Marcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402028443489182100noreply@blogger.com