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[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 77 points 11 months ago

*the speed of light squared

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

e = mc

π = 3

g = 10 m/s²

[-] WingedThing@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago

Spoken like someone who's never met an engineer

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[-] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months 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).

[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] produnis@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago
[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Where have you seen square light? Duh!

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

But if you multiply by 2, then you matter twice as much?

[-] chimasterflex@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

you sure do bro

[-] CyberTailor@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

This is so wrong

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Why multiply? Light doesn't do that.

[-] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

All light matter … and also energy

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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