What is matter?

#1 07-17-2005, 01:44 PM

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kitaristi0 · #2 07-17-2005, 02:05 PM

Could you elaborate please?

PairTheBoard · #3 07-17-2005, 02:13 PM

M = E/c^2

PairTheBoard

mosquito · #4 07-17-2005, 08:22 PM

Thought you were asking "what is THE matter?"

lol

K C · #5 07-17-2005, 10:26 PM

I would say something that has mass, but that's probably going to lead to a very long and bitter discussion [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

KC

mosquito · #6 07-18-2005, 12:50 AM

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Could you elaborate please?

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This is Math, Science and Philoshophy. I will not
say how math or science would view the question,
but philosophy MIGHT say -

"It matters not"

vic1225 · #7 07-18-2005, 12:57 AM

By definition matter is something that occupies space. Speaking in physics definitions, it is something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, plasma. What is more interesting is antimatter, which is the opposite of matter, another post for a another day.

Eihli · #8 07-18-2005, 01:16 AM

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

fnord_too · #9 07-18-2005, 09:12 AM

Whatever it is, on the sub atomic scale, it's damn weird IMO.

MelchyBeau · #10 07-18-2005, 10:24 AM

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it is something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, plasma

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you forgot gas and Bose-Einstien Condensate.

However, we consider a proton, nuetron, electron, etc... to be matter and they don't exist in those states. those are states that a set of atoms can be in.

The official definition is something that occupies space and has a mass.

Melch