Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Gregory Ewing > <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: >> Conservation of energy would be one reason. If you put two particles >> together and got more energy out than went in, where did the extra >> energy come from? > > You borrowed it from the bank, of course. You have to make loan > payments periodically, or they'll foreclose on your particles. If > everyone borrows energy all at once, and then can't make their > payments, the universe crashes in a "heat death".
Quantum Mechanics works like a corrupt central bank: you have an unlimited credit line and can borrow energy out of nothing as long as you repay the loan before the audit. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
