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ringo

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Message 23 of 1229 (614476)
05-04-2011 1:57 PM

Reply to: Message 16 by ICANT
05-04-2011 1:15 PM

Re: Cause

ICANT writes:

ScientificBob writes:

What is the cause of atomic decay?

Short answer, time.

If time was the "cause" of decay, then all elements in a given timeframe should experience the same decay. They don't, of course.

(I would have said, "Short answer, instability.")

ICANT writes:

But isn't decay a mistatement as the decay is simply a process of producing a different element.

All decay is just change from one format to another. When dead organisms decay, it's just a rearrangement of atoms.

Edited by ringo, : Spelling: "delay" --> "decay", an uncommon instance in which the error could actually cause confusion.

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Message 50 of 1229 (614752)
05-06-2011 12:11 PM

Reply to: Message 49 by ICANT
05-06-2011 11:55 AM

Re: Cause

ICANT writes:

It was recorded thousands of years ago that such an existence did exist.

Science has produced no mechanism whereby what exists today could begin to exist.

Those ancient records don't propose a mechanism either, nor do they even suggest a method by which a mechanism could be discovered. I expect that the scientific method is more likely to come up with a mechanism than poring over ancient records.

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