On 10/06/2012 11:09 PM, Desertphile wrote:
>>> When discussing energy, one is discussing numbers. Anyone who believes
>>> they have observed "over unity" has done the math wrong.
>
>> That may well be right, but that doesn't mean over unity is impossible.
>
> You are not maing any sense. It is impossible for 1 to be greater than
> 2, therefore "over unity" is impossible.
>
>> Don't get me wrong, I believe in conservation of energy, but I believe
>> we might live in a matrix like in the movie, or there might be an
>> allmighty god. I also don't believe in god or that we live in a matrix
>> that could be changed/hacked arbitrarily, but there's no way to tell
>> that it's not this way. I'm just saying it's valid to question axioms.
>> Then they are no longer axioms and you can't use them to prove or
>> disprove something.
>
> I live here in the real world, where "over unity" is impossible. So do
> you.
This real world is very complex. We observe, make theories, and often a
lot of people believe in them and then they turn out to be wrong. The
world isn't a disc where you can fall off. Atoms are not atoms in the
literal sense that you can't split them.
So, theories come and go. They stay until proven wrong. Serious
scientists don't claim a theory is correct, because they don't know what
will be discovered in the future.
Ok, your faith in conservation of energy is very strong. Mine is, too.
But what you claim is to know that this law is true and we will never
discover anything that falsifies this truth. How can you be so sure? In
the real world I live in, predicting the future is prone to error. Did
god reveal to you that this law is true and will not turn out wrong as
it happened to Newtons laws? Do you know any other truths that we can
rely on?
Have a nice day!
Bernhard