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dawson99 wrote:

Ciggy wrote:

dawson99 wrote:

Judge wrote:look, just coz lee j called you, dont be calling other folk, u ponce

Also, that sentence makes absolutely no sense lol

Inbulk

grammer was not my strong point dawson, hopefully rectified now

it wasnt that funny ciggy

andy_g wrote:its great to finally see some quality etymological debate on newkit

and only in a topic started by me 

Dundalk wrote:

dawson99 wrote::laugh:

andy_g wrote:

Emerald Red wrote:Well, here's a fact: everything is made up of energy and that energy takes different shapes or forms depending on certain events like chemical reactions, which are normally violent. You strike a match, the match causes a reaction which expells the inert energy it had into heat;

sorry to be pedantic here but the majority of chemical reactions are not at all violent. the majority are in fact quite slow and gentle things, a trading or sharing of electrons.

the chemical reaction triggered by striking a match is an example of one of the violent ones, but has nothing to do with 'inert' energy - whatever that is. (energy by its very nature can not be inert - i'm guessing you mean latent energy). the match head contains sulpher, phosphorous and one or two other ingredients which at room temperature or a bit above are quite stable. the heat caused by the friction of striking the match puts enough energy into those ingredients to begin an exothermic reaction. the heat from that reaction is what starts the oxidative combustion - a chemical reaction between oxygen and the carbon based wood of the match stick.

i agree with you about the first law of thermodynamics as an explanation for 'ghosts' or 'ghostly' phenomena. the energy contained within our bodies goes somewhere when our bodies burn or decompose. most of it will go into feeding bugs and plants if we are buried or will be lost as heat if we are cremated, however we are still learning that energy and matter behave in weird and wonderful ways. who is to say that an explanation for 'ghosts' isn't something to do with an as yet undiscovered property of the energy of organic life forms.

i prefer the scientific explanation for everything. for me it actually adds to the wonder and magic of the universe rather than reducing it. but as some have said here already, things are only paranormal or super natural until we have an explanation for them. just because science then explains something doesn't make it any less wonderful.

Stop being so pedantic, Andy. And, yes, I did mean "inert" but latent is a better word. Thank you, professor. 

But you get the jist of what I was saying. If the coinscious mind, stored memories, personallity and such isn't electrical or energetic by nature, then what is it?

lakes10 wrote:even a damp room that would have a ghost move from door to door, turned out that it was just mist from the heating in a damp room.

sounds like the boot room