shadowind

would it be accurate to say that there is no why, only how?

also i think i heard that when dark matter combines with normal matter it produces alot of energy, is that correct?

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noeticcenter

[=shadowind;28852] would it be accurate to say that there is no why, only how?

[Noetic]

You must be omniscient to know 'why' and a bit humble to be satisfied with 'how' if that is knowable.

[=shadowind;28852]
also i think i heard that when dark matter combines with normal matter it produces alot of energy, is that correct?

[Noetic]

Perhaps not high energy photons. These photons may be ELF as biophotons. That might be the problem in detecting them so far.

dark Matter Chemistry should not be confused with Dark Matter interaction with light matter.

[Noetic]

shadowind

ok thanks

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Og

I think you're talking about matter and anti-matter?

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shadowind

i thought anti-matter was the same as dark, i guess its back to school for me.

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remember "for mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescirbe to oursleves is liberty"-rousseau: the concept of the general will "if we can not reconcile all opions, then let us endeavour to unite all hearts."-?"to be is to be perceived"-? "‘We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know’-Robert G. Ingersoll

Og

Quite different, in fact. Dark matter is matter that doesn't give off photons out deep in space. We know its there because of the way it bends light (see general relativity) from other sources.

Anti-matter are counterparts to normal matter but with opposite charges. There is far more matter than anti-matter in the universe and there are many processes that can produce anti-matter in the lab. You just have to hold it in a field or something in vacuum because it can't contact other matter without annihilating both.

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Vi veri veniversum vivus vici. (By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe)
Satchitananda - True Being, Pure Consciousness, and Bliss
Tat Tvam Asi - Thou art That.
You & I, no distinction.
Mettā & Namaste

shadowind

cool, thanks,

could dark matter be normal matter that is like most things i know of that doesn't produce light normally. could it just so happen that light is not reflected off the object towards us, or is spread out to such a point that the light is not dense enough to form something noticable? or is it considered another "type" of matter? i could research it but my dads home and you can probally give me a straight answer pretty fast. .we're starting to talk about atomic physics in my highschool class, i'm taking AP next year. i have to go, nighty night.

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remember "for mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescirbe to oursleves is liberty"-rousseau: the concept of the general will "if we can not reconcile all opions, then let us endeavour to unite all hearts."-?"to be is to be perceived"-? "‘We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know’-Robert G. Ingersoll