On Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 7:10:32 PM UTC+1, Alastair wrote:
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?

Errrrrr. None, as they understand the second law of thermodynamics. You don't. Simple as that.