There is a lot of nonsense math out there. E=MC2 is an example of nonsense math. Energy in Joules = mass in KG x Speed of light x Speed of light.
As soon as you choose Meters rather than feet mix that up with mass it becomes nonsense. It would be good math if it said. Energy in Joules = Mass x 900,000,000. then there is no meters involved. It had nothing to do with light. It had to do with some guy working out what a Joule was to make the equation work.
I try, but I have to bow down before hilarity like this:
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I noticed you couldn’t properly reply. A insult is a weak argument. E=Mx900,000,000. now hand me my Nobel.
While you are at it hand me another one…
Light is not a wave. there is no such thing as a wave. A scope plots moments in time and the energy at that time. When you join all the points you will get a wave looking graph. It does not mean electricity OR Light is a wave. it means what is in front of you at that moment contains x amount of entropy.
Don’t blush.
You might recall this exchange began with my request that you substantiate your claim that “things continually happen ‘coincidentally’ that could not be coincident.”
Do you believe you have given a proper reply to this question?
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I can’t help myself, though I try to resist. Do you know the definition of “joule”? Should the units (time, mass, distance) balance in an equation? If you defined velocity in terms of furlongs per fortnight, could you come up with a corresponding unit of energy?
Sure it was a good one. You end up knowing simply by realizing its not normal for this to be happening…
For Example:
back 35 years ago or so… I was in Toronto and a friend who was a girl was being beaten up by her husband… they separated and she then thought almost 2 years later that it best she get back together with him. Anyways I was at work when she stopped by, she left a note. So I tried to call her… I could get her at her mothers or her sisters.
So I Prayed.
I got on the subway with no answer it felt dead. You know the voice you hear that says go check your stove before you leave the house… its not even a voice its a thought. In that same space God can put a thought in there. And you have to decide if you act on it. So its just a random thought… And that is generally where special revelation comes from. Even for inventions.
So there I was talking with God riding the subway with the line disconnected and I was a bit upset. Gods not picking up. So I said to God, Well, I am going to get off this subway and going to walk through all of Toronto to find her. (its dumb… if she is inside I could walk right by.) Still nothing…
So I got off the subway started walking down a random road And There she was. leaning against a store front. Her X was in the apartment upstairs. There she was. We argued about it but she was determined… We knew each other from another city so that is why we kept in touch…
So I left and she tried and it failed. I live in Oshawa not Toronto now… I have no Idea where her life went. since then.
…
God honored me. Even with me feeling abandoned took me to the right place. Just like that. that was about a 3 maybe 4 hour turn around.
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Like I said there are many more. You try it.
This is your idea of a “proper reply”? Alright, then…
I will just repeat my dictum that a good joke should be left without explanation.
yes, I know what a Joule is. its a performance of work which generally would be in ft. pounds
J * 0.73756
One Joule is 1 Newton Metre
And…?
If Ands and buts were candies and nuts…
1 Newton (N) is the force acting on an object of mass 1 kg that is moving with a constant acceleration of 1 m/s2
F = ma
=1 kg×1 m/s2
= 1 kg⋅m/s2
= 1 N
One foot pound is the work done by a force of one pound acting through a distance of one foot, in the direction of the force. It equates to 1.355 817 948 331 4004 joules
So You tell me why is the speed of light related to how much energy output. what action is taking place by light and at what density causes mass x that light to equal the Joules. And without the Meter measurement still 300,000 squared is 300,000 squared with or without the Meters being mentioned. what part in the mass of the atom has anything related to the speed of light involved in its total energy. It might. but what is that. What did Eisenstein Identify?
You have just completely discredited yourself.
Follow the threat and explain how you can prove the use of Meters for the speed of light is a legit use of those units rather than just the number squared.
The use of montage as a narrative and rhetorical device in cinema?
Well, the specific unit used is not crucial. As @John_Harshman pointed out, furlongs would work just as well.
But, IIRC, the reason the speed of light is used in the famous E=mc^2 is that this equation only applies to objects at rest, and there are other, less well-known equations that apply to objects in motion and which include velocity as an element, which is proportionately related to the speed of light.
IOW, c is not just a random, great big number used to emphasize that a lot of energy is contained in a small amount of mass. Energy is also affected by the velocity of an object in proportion to the speed of light.
That’s how I remember it, anyway.
Well, sure its a measurement “at rest” generally considering that a mass traveling on its own contains the energy in that motion to add to the energy in that atom. Its why a meteor could have a impact larger than what you would expect because there is energy in relation to the mass and the motion.
But that is not the issue… Why is is the speed of light in meters worked out playing with both sides of the equation so it works important.
Is there a coincidence there where energy was figured out in Joules and then Oh look if you took the square of light (times) mass the numbers add up. Sorry… I don’t think so.
OK, this video seems to cover it, and I think it confirms what I recalled:
I will watch that. I am watching a Election fraud/committee meeting “live” right now, on RSBN while making soup and typing… so… I am not evolved enough to use one eye for this video and one eye for the other. LoL.
But I will watch it. in a bit.
I’m pretty sure that would not happen if one uses Imperial units on the right side of the equation. Just a guess.
Furlongs per fortnight! My favorite unit of speed. This came up in another thread some time ago, and Scott had the same issue. It’s really very simple. Units of things like speed and force and energy have other units embedded in their definitions: feet per second, furlongs per fortnight, whatever. If you define energy in terms of how many stone can be lifted how many fathoms against how much resistance, you’d better make sure that your terms for speed and mass are defined in terms of the same basic units as your term for energy.
P.S. – looking at that old thread I see this link posted there by @Witchdoc , which explains it marvelously. Scott: this is worth reading. Dimensional analysis - Wikipedia
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