augment Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 So obviously this is a physical thing, but in science class I was always taught that matter is neither created nor destroyed, it only changes forms. So technically wouldn't everyone on earth be the same age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 No. Matter can be converted to energy, and energy converted to matter. It's possible that not all of the matter in the universe has always been here--many scientists believe that most of it was created after the big bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustStuit Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Depending on your frame of reference. The matter was not combined into the pattern that we are in today until our birthday. Before that is was in foods, animals, etc. I would consider the developement of organs and human structure and passing through the womb birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In My Memory Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Augment, So obviously this is a physical thing, but in science class I was always taught that matter is neither created nor destroyed, it only changes forms. So technically wouldn't everyone on earth be the same age? On that note, arent we all made of atoms from previously living organisms? So then, does that makes us all cannibals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y-S Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 No, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 No. Matter can be converted to energy' date=' and energy converted to matter. It's possible that not all of the matter in the universe has always been here--many scientists believe that most of it was created [i']after[/i] the big bang. How is matter converted into energy and energy into matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 E=mc2 is the equation that describes how they are interchangeable. Think nuclear fission. In fission, you lose a tiny bit of mass for a ridiculous amount of energy (mass times the speed of light squared, a huge number). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 "On a long enough timescale, the survival rate for eneryone drops to zero" - Fight Club So, the answer is yes... but not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augment Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 I was really getting into more the technical terms like someone else was saying about atoms and such. And good job on the fight club quote. It's my second fav next to Gladiator(all-time greatest movie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 So obviously this is a physical thing, but in science class I was always taught that matter is neither created nor destroyed, it only changes forms. So technically wouldn't everyone on earth be the same age? By that metric of age, we're all 13.7 billion years old. I don't know about you, but the way I define myself, I haven't been around for 13.7 billion years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padren Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Since stuff orbits and flies about, matter undergoes time dilation to different degrees for different rates of acceleration/velocity etc, so even if we counted our age by how long the energy/matter has been around (regardless of transfer between states of matter and energy) we still aren't the same age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabbath Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 nope we aren't. if we measure our age based on our present existence, we wouldn't be. our cells can attest to that. some of us have been exposed to a longer time frame, some less. that is, cellularly. if we base it on atoms and molecules, there is no time. time becomes relative. and to which body will you relate it to? when shall you appoint the standard as 0 time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Depending on your frame of reference. The matter was not combined into the pattern that we are in today until our birthday. Before that is was in foods, animals, etc. I would consider the developement of organs and human structure and passing through the womb birth.Um, your not assuming that any of the matter you started your life with is still with you are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 E=mc2 is the equation that describes how they are interchangeable. Think nuclear fission. In fission' date=' you [i']lose[/i] a tiny bit of mass for a ridiculous amount of energy (mass times the speed of light squared, a huge number). Huh, I thought it was just broken down into stuff smaller than atoms, but that makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustStuit Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Um, your not assuming that any of the matter you started your life with is still with you are you? No, I consider when the matter was first formed into us. We of course get more and lose much of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleiades Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 What about brain cells, I know they can regenerate, but don’t you generally keep the same brain cells and their matter for your whole life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaharajah Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 We are all inter-related in the brotherhood of man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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