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Um, conservation of mass/energy is neither "eternal" nor "recent" nor a "discovery"; it is a theory proposed by Einstein for mathematical reasons long before anyone was able to observe or test it, and it has now withstood enough testing to be generally considered a physical law. And of course it has nothing whatsoever to do with any concept like "eternity", which has little place in science. --[[Lee Daniel Crocker|LDC]]
Um, conservation of mass/energy is neither "eternal" nor "recent" nor a "discovery"; it is a theory proposed by Einstein for mathematical reasons long before anyone was able to observe or test it, and it has now withstood enough testing to be generally considered a physical law. And of course it has nothing whatsoever to do with any concept like "eternity", which has little place in science. --[[Lee Daniel Crocker|LDC]]


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Eternity has no place in science? But sure it does, in [[cosmology]]. --[[LMS]]



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Perhaps a connection should be made between the idea of eternal existence and an important recent discovery of the physical sciences: (eternal) conservation of mass/energy?


I guess the question is whether any scientist or theologian has drawn such a connection; seems very possible to me, but I don't know. If not, our including it in the article would smack of crankhood. In other words, please, no unpublished research. --LMS



Um, conservation of mass/energy is neither "eternal" nor "recent" nor a "discovery"; it is a theory proposed by Einstein for mathematical reasons long before anyone was able to observe or test it, and it has now withstood enough testing to be generally considered a physical law. And of course it has nothing whatsoever to do with any concept like "eternity", which has little place in science. --LDC


Eternity has no place in science? But sure it does, in cosmology. --LMS