[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Loser:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
Do radio waves have mass?

I know this one.

Yes.

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Energy has mass, yes, so it does distort space like matter. Oddly, Einstein didn't allow for gravity to have mass in his original calculations. He set it aside as 'special' even though there was no reason to. I guess he didn't like recursive equations. Recent experiments have shown that gravity does in fact propogate at the speed of light and otherwise behaves like energy. We just haven't isolated any 'gravitons' yet.

Originally posted by geoschmo:

I will accept this one without need for explanation. However, it still leaves open the question of whether the soul itself has mass. If the soul is merely information, in the same way that computer code is information, then a case could be made that the soul has no mass. If it can be stored without changing the mass of the storage device.

Even existing for a short time in the form of radio waves the information itself does not have mass. The mass of radio waves is not created at the begining of the transmission, and is not destroyed at the end. It's simply the transmission medium used to transfer the data.

Well, I think it's pretty obvious that the claim for the soul is for a 'substance' of some sort. Information cannot be 'immortal' after all. When the media it resides in is destroyed it goes poof.

Proof or disproof of the existence of this 'substance' is not going to be solved anytime soon, methinks.

Originally posted by geoschmo:


Who owns the intellectual property rights to my soul? Can an in individual be copyrighted?

Probably SCO by now. You'll be receiving court papers soon.

When you invent the Star Trek transporter let us know. The issue of 'copyright' of humans will then mean something.

[ August 18, 2003, 17:18: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]