From: "Geo" 

Ok I should have said that according to the laws of physics, matter cannot
wink in and out of existence (unless it's being converted to or from
energy). With the theory of indeterminibility, it supposedly just winks in
and out with no energy released or required.

Geo.

"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
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> Geo wrote:
> > "John Beckett"
 wrote in
> > message news:fdsmp11df6ug205mnclm0ec0igth9b127o{at}4ax.com...
> >
> >
> >> I'm a pragmatist, and I would say that since it is impossible to
> >> know the precise initial conditions of any complex system, then the
> >>  indeterminibility principle may very well be true.
> >
> >
> > According to the laws of physics, matter cannot just wink in and out
> > of existence like that.
> >
>
> Oh yes it can:
>
> http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/209/apr14/virtual.html
>
> [...]
> > The existence of virtual pairs helps to explain a process known as
> > pair production. The background is always seething with these pairs
> > of particles. However, in order not to violate physical laws, the
> > pairs always return back to the vacuum before they are observed
> > directly.
> >
> > However, these virtual pairs can become real particles. It is found
> > that when there are very high energy photons, that the energy of the
> > photons can be channeled into the virtual pairs and the virtual
> > particles can become real. This process is known as pair production.
> > The collision and subsequent disappearance of a
> > particle/anti-particle pair is known as annihilation. What this means
> > is that if there is a large supply of high energy photons then
> > particles can be created.
>
> --
> Tony

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