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Old 04-8-2004, 10:26 AM   #1
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Default Matter is infinitely small

First of all I want to say I am in no way claiming this theory to be an original concoction of my own, but the rather I wish to further explain and simplify what Zeno said about 2500 years ago,

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Mathematically matter can be infinitely small. This idea is quite simple. It is my theory that matter is infinitely divided. Furthermore, if matter cannot be divided infinitesimally then it cannot, and does not, exist. I will explain this by using a line segment as an example. Say we have a line segment and we divide the line segment in half. We then get two line segments that are half as long as the whole. Then we divide one of the halves again. Then we divide one of the quarters again. We can keep on dividing infinitely never reaching zero. The reason we can keep on dividing is because a line segment is made out of an infinite amount of divisible line segments. Now apply the same principle to matter. In the same sense that a line segment has to be made out of an infinite amount of line segments, matter has to be made out of an infinite amount of matter. Logically matter cannot be made out of nothing. For example, Quarks and leptons are the smallest particles that we know of. To this day they are known as the fundamental particles of matter. The most accepted theory, within quantum physics, that explains what quarks are made out of is the super string theory. Regardless if the theory is right or wrong one must still ask, what are the strings made out of? Quarks will most likely be proven to be made out of even smaller units of matter. Then the even smaller particles will eventually be proven to consist of even smaller particles, continuing infinitely. Matter has to be made out of something. Matter cannot be made out of nothing. Accordingly, I come to the conclusion that matter is infinitely small.

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