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Auuuugh! Thud! Thud! Thud! (Sound of me pounding head on desk)

Ok, First off- sdai does NOT have a 'theory', he has a delusional musing that he presents as fact...

Man has proven this by turning U 235 atoms into Kr 92 + Ba 141 plus energy

But what is the Energy? It is in the form of gamma rays.


It is in the form of gamma rays, alpha particle kinetic energy, and neutrinos- When U235 decays naturally it produces Th 231 via emission of an alpha particle (Helium nucleus). Most of the energy goes to the kinetic energy of the alpha particle.

When fission is induced by bombardment with a neutron then the average total energy released is ~210 Mev, The vast majority of this energy, ~170Mev, is in the kinetic energy of the Kr 92 and Ba 141 fragments- only 10's of Mev are in the form of gamma rays.

My thinking is that matter is made up of this gamma energy and that this reaction is just freeing some of it. Some force, which I think has something to do with the force of gravity (Perhaps gravity is a by product of this force), is holding the gamma energy together into the smallest known particles, Fermions.

NO! Gamma radiation is just light- just like the light you see except shorter wavelength/higher energy. You cant 'hold light together' - the idea that somehow fermions are made of gamma rays makes no sense, and violates so many conservation laws, that i dont know where to start. The statement simply makes no sense.

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