# Is the Universe energy bound into different states? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652 "2015-11-04T21:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/1 "2015-11-04T21:30:21Z")
And “particles” just a word we use to describe matter and use math? ---
**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/2 "2015-11-04T21:47:20Z")
It sounds like you are asking if matter and energy are equivalent. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/3 "2015-11-04T22:05:31Z")
Not looking for philosophy. is a neutrino a particle, or a way of describing the math that makes up modern-day particle physics-based cosmology? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/4 "2015-11-04T22:06:38Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/5 "2015-11-04T22:08:15Z")
I know that Einstein spewed forth all of the basics. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/6 "2015-11-04T22:15:55Z")
What do you think about the fact that the Human Scientific experience may by it’s own definition, fail? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/7 "2015-11-04T22:18:42Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > What do you think about the fact that the Human Scientific experience may by it’s own definition, fail? What makes this a fact, when the sentence contains the word “may”? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/8 "2015-11-04T22:29:58Z")
The “May”. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/9 "2015-11-04T22:34:45Z")
You have room for this “May” be factual in Science? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/10 "2015-11-04T22:56:14Z")
nice that mod brings party down to zero that even QED had no answer for. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/11 "2015-11-05T01:10:17Z")
Another of those occasional threads I read where I suddenly worry I may be having a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/12 "2015-11-05T01:32:08Z")
“one” ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/13 "2015-11-05T01:42:38Z")
Grammar… science, and maturation; who doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/14 "2015-11-05T01:42:45Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > What do you think about the fact that the Human Scientific experience may by it’s own definition, fail? What does this have to do with the first post in this thread? Seems like an unrelated subject better suited for another thread. It’s not at all clear that you are trying to ask a factual question. In fact, it’s not at all clear exactly what you are trying to ask. > [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > nice that mod brings party down to zero that even QED had no answer for. Parse error on line 1. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/15 "2015-11-05T01:48:10Z")
Is it not possible that the human scientific method could be incorrect? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/16 "2015-11-05T01:52:30Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > Is it not possible that the human scientific method could be incorrect? What does this have to do with the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/17 "2015-11-05T02:26:16Z")
philosophy… error… reboot universes… reboot universes… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/18 "2015-11-05T02:34:40Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > Another of those occasional threads I read where I suddenly worry I may be having a stroke. Somebody is having a stroke for sure. I did think it was me for a moment too. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/19 "2015-11-05T02:56:55Z")
Let me tell you something buddy… jokes about physical disabilities aren’t funny. You get a pass this time. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652/20 "2015-11-05T03:11:01Z")
The point of the jokes is that what you’re posting isn’t making sense. I don’t know the actual cause, but they read like the random stream-of-consciousness ramblings of someone high on mind-altering substances. If you want an answer, then you need to first figure out what your question is, and express it clearly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-universe-energy-bound-into-different-states/736652.md?page=2)