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you energy (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (6 children)

*the speed of light squared

[–] AlpacaChariot 8 points 1 year ago

So close

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's not incorrect, it's just the way engineers do equations.

e = mc

π = 3

g = 10 m/s²

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well, what is then the last symbol doing in the last line?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Spoken like someone who's never met an engineer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In natural units, where c = ħ =1, both statements are equally true. But then, the whole premise is lost because in these units, E = m (for stationary bodies).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And m represents mass, not matter. Matter has mass, but that doesn't mean it is mass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Where have you seen square light? Duh!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's not a face I expected to see today.