Theory of States of Matter

My theory is this:

A candle burning exhibits all four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

Implications: fire is a plasma. Most people will say no, I have recently come across some documentation that agrees with me, but it makes sense intuitively. So, if this means perhaps that we need to change our definition of exactly what plasma is, then so be it. I think it should be done.

The reason is this: when plasma was discovered and began being investigated (missing citation), the properties that were recorded were then used as a definition for the substance. I think it would be more meaningful to have a broader definition of "plasma," which would fit both that discovered substance, and other observed states of matter that do not exactly fit, 'solid, liquid, gas," because of their raised state of energy.

Honestly, fire should be a plasma, because it is not simply a gas. It is a gas undergoing a change. Of course it can be explained in the traditional way, "fire is not actually a plasma because . . . " But I'm just saying, maybe we change the definition of plasma to describe this.

I got all worked up because I heard David Wenbert say, "all fire is a plasma," in his PES interview. And I went, "look! look! Someone agrees with me!"

That's all, thanks for reading. :)

Theory of Love

I discovered the theory of love one morning after having a concussion from attempting some advanced dance moves on the dance floor at a wedding the previous night.

The theory come in two parts.

1. Love is real.

2. Love can be measured.

Simple, irrefutable, and brilliant. I guess that 99% of people would agree with the first part. The second part on the other hand, I expect to be disputed by many (I guess at least 50% of people at this time).

The reason I believe it is possible to measure love is because I felt it that morning like an electromagnetic attraction to all things. And between Melissa and I as she took care of me, and worried about the state of my head. And I believe that we can build a technology that can replicate the senses involved in my feeling of that force, energy, substance, or whatever it was.

Now, many may say, "this is not science, this is hog wash!" But, that only reminds me of Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Harvard University. I heard him on the radio the other day talking about the negative response he gets to, "I have a scientific approach to music," versus the positive response he gets to, "I have an experimental approach to music." See, to him, science and experimentation are the same thing.

I'm in that boat. Science is all about experimentation. If you want to say, "this is not science," I hope it is because it cannot be tested, and not simply because you do not believe it. Too much, I believe that modern science is simply a new religion, all about beliefs, and not about actual observation of the natural world. Lets go play in nature and discover something.