Being very simplistic, matter can be re-ordered, the rabbit dies (losses life-force) and its flesh (matter ), converts to other forms of matter (soil). But you can't physically reorder the life-force ie ..turn rabbit into whale. Begins to sound like religion!
On May 29, 2014 2:10 AM, "socratus sadovnik" <isocra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:54:51 PM UTC+3, nominal9 wrote: > I hope Socratus did not take offense at my derision of the term "Essence", . . . . > . . . > .....a rock (in and of itself) cannot "evolve" into a rabbit....can it? > ================================================== > > Correct: "a rock (in and of itself) cannot "evolve" into a rabbit...." > > What is problem? > > Take man/ brain. > > Brain is not only matter (cells, nervous system . . . .) it is energy too. > > Without energy the brain/ man is dead. > > QED try to understand the interaction between matter and energy. > > Matter is "a rock, cells, atoms . . . . . . . . . " etc > > Energy is . . . . . .? > > ‘ It is important to realize that in physics today, > > we have no knowledge of what energy is. > > We do not have a picture that energy comes in little > > blobs of a definite amount. ‘ > > / Feynman. 1987 / > > ==.. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.