Talk:Virtual particles
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This repeats literally a sentence from the cited source. Also, I don't see much relevance to RationalWiki's mission. No pages link to this one, so it's not background material to an existing article.--ZooGuard (talk) 09:27, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed. While the topic itself is interesting, it is not notable per se, but instead just an aspect of vacuum, to where it should belong, if anywhere. Rursus dixit (yada³!) 10:18, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Some digging uncovered that virtual particles were mentioned in a contribution to First cause by the same author, but there's no link.--ZooGuard (talk) 10:24, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- So... delete? Тytalk 13:49, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- Ty **IF** we can get someoen who knows how science and how to write, VP would be a huge coup for RW. When you debate the loonie bing types, they bring up 2nd law of Thermo ALL THE DAMN TIME. one of the single best "you don't know what the fuck you are talking about" replies is "virtual particles", which in effect break thermodynamcis all the time. they really are energy that seems by all understanding to be instantly created and destroyed with no trace. it's uber cool to listen to people who know what they talk of putting down fundies and their thermodynamics. the basic argument is something like this: "Thermodynamics proves that evo could not happen" No, it doesn't. "You cannot break the LAWS of thermdynamics" 1) they are not laws, they are models, 2) the models are for closed spaces, 3) they are broken all the time in particle physics, cause again, they are not laws, they are models.
- That said, understanding them and explaining them to a lay audience like us is very hard.
En attendant Godot 14:03, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- Alright, I'll put the missile up for now. Тytalk 14:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- By the way, what was up there, if that was the original, is like someone with an ax to grind on particle physics. I fixed it... to the first grade eque level of my understanding.
En attendant Godot 14:09, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
- By the way, what was up there, if that was the original, is like someone with an ax to grind on particle physics. I fixed it... to the first grade eque level of my understanding.
- Alright, I'll put the missile up for now. Тytalk 14:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)