Therefore impermanence is permanent.
Can you prove this wrong?
2007-07-10 04:47:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
then by that statement matter and energy are immortal.
2007-07-10 04:57:38 · update #1
Logical Fallacy: argumentum ad logicum.
Your first statement (all things are impermanent) is incorrect in the context of the conservation of matter and energy. Since matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, only altered, they are not impermanent.
EDIT for additional details: Bad terminology. "Immortal" implies that all matter and energy are alive, which they clearly are not.
2007-07-10 04:53:29 · answer #1 · answered by JLynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impermanence doesn't exist in and of itself, it must apply to something, it's a means of description. Is my magnificence permanent or not? Obviously it doesn't actually exist in the tangible universe; my magnificence and your impermanence, (despite their lack of physically existing) are relative to the observer.
2007-07-10 12:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Eric C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All things are impermanent. So, change (impermanence) is the only constant (permanent).
2007-07-10 14:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no a priori proof for eternity.
Therefore, no proof of "permanence" is possible.
2007-07-10 12:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋