[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia:Paradoxes

[Michael Peel]

On 23 Jul 2009, at 23:07, wjhonson at aol.com wrote:

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>  <<No matter, by definition, is "uncrushable." Or indestructible,  
> for that matter.>>
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> An electron is uncrushable.? Can an electron decay?

It doesn't decay (that is, spontaneously change to another form of  
matter or energy), but it can interact with other particles to become  
something else, including energy if interacting with a positron. I  
don't think we can say whether it's uncrushable* , but it's certainly  
mutable.

Mike

* Does anyone have a spare black hole and faster than light  
communication method so that we can find out? Alternatively, pens,  
paper and lots of time might also work. ;-)