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Dear Ron:

An easy question to start....

What is life?
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As one wise scholar has asked...

"I understand that Einstein says that potential energy has mass, but where this mass sits is sometimes difficult to determine. The concept of potential energy is Newtonian, so, how do you reflate it to Albert's mass energy equivalence assertion?"

Please enlighten us!
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Originally Posted by airgate,Aug 13 2009, 10:24 PM
Man, never got a response in the Dear Raul thread... but got a very detailed response here!
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Aug 14 2009, 05:57 AM
Man, never got a response in the Dear Raul thread... but got a very detailed response here!
Dear Raul thread?? Never heard of it... Is it on s2ki.com?
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Aug 13 2009, 08:55 PM
Dear Ron:

An easy question to start....

What is life?
1) Living things need to take in energy from their environment.
2) Living things get rid of waste.
3) Living things grow and develop.
4) Living things respond to their environment.
5) Living things reproduce and pass their traits onto their offspring.
6) Over time, living things evolve in response to their environment.

Given that I haven't seen any growth or development from you since we've known each other, this throws your claim to being "alive" into question. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you, but you did ask.
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Aug 13 2009, 08:57 PM
As one wise scholar has asked...

"I understand that Einstein says that potential energy has mass, but where this mass sits is sometimes difficult to determine. The concept of potential energy is Newtonian, so, how do you reflate it to Albert's mass energy equivalence assertion?"

Please enlighten us!
The potential energy exists in relation to the object's position in a field of force. Once you know that, m = E/c^2 is your friend.
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Glory be to Ron...

A new day has begun!

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Originally Posted by Ron,Aug 14 2009, 09:15 AM
1) Living things need to take in energy from their environment.
2) Living things get rid of waste.
3) Living things grow and develop.
4) Living things respond to their environment.
5) Living things reproduce and pass their traits onto their offspring.
6) Over time, living things evolve in response to their environment.

Given that I haven't seen any growth or development from you since we've known each other, this throws your claim to being "alive" into question. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you, but you did ask.
Dear Ron:

I truly appreciate your response.

But... I did not ask if I was alive... I just asked "what is life"...

Please stay on topic in all future responses!
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Originally Posted by airgate,Aug 14 2009, 09:30 AM
Glory be to Ron...

A new day has begun!

I think Raul is a happy camper today!


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