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Posted on 08/16/2009 4:08:31 PM PDT by decimon
Google “E=mc2 is wrong” and you get 1,060 hits. Google “E=mc2 is correct” and you get a mere 138 hits. There you have it. It took us a more than a century, but finally this crazy inconsistent theory of relativity got outvoted. Common sense cries victory!
Fortunately, science does not work that way. Science is no democracy, and we do not render a theory invalid by popular vote. Einstein's theory of relativity has stood the test of time and its correctness is beyond any doubt. But... there is an issue with what is arguably the most famous equation in the history of natural sciences.
So what is the problem with Einstein's mass-energy relation?
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You are looking at E = M x C x 2, not squared. If squared, the two would be a little two positioned just to the upper right of the c.........
Modern scientific evidence does not show that they are the 100% fact, they are true for the evidence available. It works for what we know, but it might/will change someday.
All very nice, but still if you can figure out how to bring a human body to complete rest with respect to the local galaxy (jerking that person right out of the frame of reference) he or she is going to explode with fire ~ seemingly a case of Spontaneous Human Combustion ~ a problem even Einstein couldn’t resolve to anyone’s satisfaction.
What’s Wrong With E=MC^2?
Is it running a fever?
Ronin’s Unified Field Theory.
To unify two fields, knock down the fence between them.
(ducks)
Is it running a fever?
Yes. That's the equation for Peggy Lee.
My problem is that scientists simply removed E=mc2 from the big bang theory for the first few seconds. They don’t say how or why, but they say that for the first few seconds, matter could move faster than the speed of light.
That sounds like bull. :-)
What about warp drive, hyperspace and ultraspace drives? I hope those things are still working! My g-d what will the Culture do if they stop working? !
Best put some Minds on it Pronto.
Is anyone talking about the speed of light slowing down?
What I wanna know is when you fancy brains are gonna get off your lazy tocuss...tocuses?...BUTTS!
AND BUILD ME A FASTER THAN LIGHT DRIVE.
I wanna go to the stars!!!!
Well, if the speed of light slows down we won' get our reality TV shows as fast as we're used to... that could devastate half the country.
When God said “Let there be light” I believe it was traveling faster than 186000 miles per second.
I was having my car greased yesterday and that's all anyone there could talk about.
pings
True, but that was when light was new and fresh and not old and sticky like it is now.
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