CoE is mathematically derived from CoM which in turn is based on mechanical wold view of motion which says all acceleration should be explained by collisions. The concept of a force is
a useful mathematical tool for analysing and predicting motion when a collision based explanation of acceleration is not immediately apparent. If CoM is the Law (such that thou shall not explain motion in any other way) then thou will never see a violation of CoE even if it is staring you in the face. Harry ----- Original Message ---- > From: "mix...@bigpond.com" <mix...@bigpond.com> > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 6:45:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Old, but MAJOR clue about the Rossi CATALYST? > > In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Sun, 1 May 2011 13:37:54 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > >And if one considers ZPE interactions then > >one might have to ignore the COE since we have no way of measuring ZPE! >Testing COE requires that > >ALL energy inputs and outputs, of ANY kind, must be measurable. > > Note that if ZPE exists, then it has always existed and interacted with every > experiment ever done. IOW the conservation laws were developed in an >environment > in which the ZPE existed, so one might expect that it's effects are already > "built in", except perhaps under extremely exceptional circumstances. Those > circumstances would need to be determined if one expects an exception in this > case. > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > >
