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pelican
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Message 1 of 2 (455177)
02-11-2008 8:58 AM


Fred Alan Wolf alias, Dr Quantum of 'what the bleep' kindly answered a query I put to him concerning E=MC^2. This is a copy of his response:
Both time and space are non-constructible concepts. Certainly
E=mc says something about both space and time in that it implies that
space and time form a continuum which means that what would be a spatial
extent for one observer could be seen to be a temporal and spatial interval
for another. In quantum physics we relate space and time to energy and
momentum in the sense that something that doesn’t change as time goes on
reflects a constant energy and something that doesn’t change as one moves
through space reflects a constant momentum. In quantum physics energy is
also related to frequency so something with a high mass would have a high
frequency. When we look into the scale of things that happen we find that
events occur naturally on a scale where the speed of light is one unit and
Planck’s constant is also one unit. In this case both time and space
scale as one divided by mass. Hence very small masses range over large
distances and time intervals and large masses over smaller distances and
time intervals. Writing as Planck’s constant and c as the speed of
light we have the space scale as /mc and time scale as /mc. If
something has zero mass, then both scales are infinite, hence light, which
has zero mass moves across the universe while electrons are confined to
atomic distances and quarks are confined to nuclear distances.
Oh, all concepts in physics are constructed so that we can agree on
what we mean by numerical measures. Hence what we mean by space and time
is determined by how we agree to measure such intervals. I hope this
helps.
I trust everything he states to be true. He states a number of concepts (as opposed to misconceptions)in words that I understand.
1. Both time and space are non-constructable concepts.
I believe this to be true and we really no need look any further to prove that E=MC^2 is based on a none constructable concept that cannot be proven.
It can only be accepted on the basis of the smallest number, (Planck's scale) whereby I conclude the concepts in physics are constructed for agreement amongst the scientists, which are not entirely accurate, but are as close as they can be.
Is my understanding correct?

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02-11-2008 9:37 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by pelican
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Suggest you post your question to the Misconceptions of E=MC^2 thread.

--Percy
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