Re: The energy

[Richard Tarara <rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM>]

> Subject: Re: The energy
>
> Well... what exactly was the "big bang?"  Was it not some sort of big
> "conversion" of energy into matter and antimatter?  If not, where did
> the matter and antimatter come from?
>
> And what exactly does E=mc^2 mean?  Doesn't it mean mass and energy are
> equivalent?
>
> Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.

Phil Morrison certainly agrees on the last point.  He states it very
clearly in 'The Ring of Truth--Change".  He suggests that the equation
should be simplified conceptually to E = M.

Rick

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Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556
rtarara@saintmarys.edu

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