True or False, you decide!

[mackrackit]

For the sake of debate

Bible says earth was created in 7 days. That is too a "true" information you can read even today 2.9.2008, printed in white and black.

Maybe it was, maybe it was not. How do we know? It is easy to say it could not have been created in seven days because we can not understand how it could be done. Big bang is just as hard to believe. The whole universe in a point of singularity?

Real physics is based in rationality and facts. Of course there must be THEORIES to test natures functionality. Many THEORIES are not valid, thats why they are THEORIES. What you are blindly trying to ignore is VERY FUNDAMENTAL LAW of physics not a THEORY. Im talking about conservation of energy.

I would ask how you are so sure. Maybe read it in a book? A respected proffessor told it in a lecture ? Surely you have not tested everything yourself.

Yes, we have to build on the work of others, or we would still be working on the wheel. Like Darrel said, every new discovery breaks someones laws.

Dalton laughed when Keely said the atom had 27 levels. Dalton said three. As we understand it today Keely was wrong. 29 have been discovered.

Is light a wave acting like a particle, or is it a particle acting like wave?

At the turn of the 19th century the either was spoken of, then discredited. Now there is talk of dark energy and dark matter.

on and on.

I am not saying I believe the video. I do not have enough knowledge to know. And I have not conducted the research myself.

I am trying to keep an open mind. Just hope nothing falls out

[Bruce]

Earth was believed to be flat once

It's still flat... Isn't it...;o}

[rhino]

Pretty flat here in Iowa.

[falingtrea]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but this is from 2006. 2 years and no other news makes it highly questionable.

[Viberer]

For the sake of debate

I would ask how you are so sure. Maybe read it in a book? A respected proffessor told it in a lecture ? Surely you have not tested everything yourself.

We are getting nice conversation here

My Reasons to believe to conservation of energy:

* Experiments say it

* As we know, physics is a hierarchic science. As like in mathematics, we use basic things to build more complex tools that may still be used for more advanced applications. If basics are not valid, you cannot build high level tools. Conservation of energy is very basic law that carries much of physics. If such a fundamental element would be wrong, how could we develope high level valid theories? For example quantum mechanics works. Even in particle physics where particles annihilates facing anti-material, the law is fulfilled. For example: How could we build a skyscraper if such a fundamental thing as basis of the building is unstable?

* Why it wouldnt be valid?

* If conservation of energy would not be valid, energy would appear from nothing. It doesnt sound logical. Only asking "what if it is not true" doesnt make any difference.

I know my name. I am sure of it. Or am I? How can i be sure of it?
Well, i cant. Maybe im connected to a system like Matrix (in the Matrix movie) and computer makes me think im another person or maybe a bus ran over me and I am unconscious in hospital rigth now and I imagine to be this another person.

Sometimes something just must accept as truth, like that I am living in real world instead of the matrix kind of system or something another. I am accepting conservation of energy as truth.

Sorry the delay for replying. My computers monitor went broken and I ordered new. I should get it tuesday. Im at a universitys computer now and i believe i will check this forum next time when i get the new monitor.