On Sunday, 9 August 2015 18:43:52 UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 6:26:02 PM UTC+1, Alastair wrote:
"RedAcer" wrote in message


If there is a body at x^0 centigrade alone in space; is it emitting:-

radiation,
hot radiation,
cold radiation,
something else ?

What would 99.999999999999999% of physicists' or maybe, engineers say?


I think 100% of engineers and 99% of scientists would say it is emitting
blackbody radiation.

I would say 100% of scientists. None would say that the warmer body is being cooled by 'cold radiation'. Not one. Zilch.

Well 100% of the engineers would say it is being cooled. Might be less than 99% of the scientists. How many do you think would claim, like you, that the warmer body would be made even hotter by an adjacent cold body?