Re: The moment the willing suspension of disbelief died


Wayne Throop wrote:

> Or, more specifically, I was just talking about confinement; quarks
> cannot exist in isolation. It's not just a good idea, it's The Law.
> So if I use a powerful enough crowbar to pry one loose from my pair,
> and give it to you, I actually am left with (at least) two, because an
> additional quark will be manufactured out of a puff of logic. And I
> give you (at least) two, too.

But such things are a matter of everyday knowledge. If I take a string
with two ends and pull it apart, and hand you half, you don't expect
your half to be a string with one end.

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