SciManDan debunks "The Man That Claims to Have Debunked Einstein"

• SciManDan debunks "The Man That Claims to Have Debunked Einstein"
  Posted by YurkshireLad on 13 Apr, 2022 14:50
• I hope this type of post is OK in this forum. Here's SciManDan debunking the man who claims to have debunked Einstein. It's worth it for the face palm memes alone. Oh and the cold fusion claim. Oh and the general "wtf??" reaction this will cause. Enjoy if you haven't already!
  
  
• #1 Reply
  Posted by SiliconWizard on 13 Apr, 2022 17:15
• But the guy is wearing a tie. That must mean something!
• #2 Reply
  Posted by El Rubio on 14 Apr, 2022 13:00
• That fella has a promising career in the boutique audiophile cable industry.
• #3 Reply
  Posted by CCitizenTO on 18 Apr, 2022 18:21
• I've actually been watching a lot of Fermilab stuff lately. Dr. Don Lincoln has a great series on physics related topics.
  
  Like one of the most recent ones is about how people use the wrong equations for certain situations. Like how E=MC^2 doesn't apply to photons because they're massless particles.
• #4 Reply
  Posted by AVGresponding on 19 Apr, 2022 11:13
• Quote from: CCitizenTO on 18 Apr, 2022 18:21

  I've actually been watching a lot of Fermilab stuff lately. Dr. Don Lincoln has a great series on physics related topics.
  
  Like one of the most recent ones is about how people use the wrong equations for certain situations. Like how E=MC^2 doesn't apply to photons because they're massless particles.
  

  
  Hmm, well, yes, but...
  
  It would be more accurate to say "there is an upper limit to the possible mass of photons beyond which there would be observable effects" (1.07×10⁻²⁷ eV/c² is I believe the current measured maximum possible mass).
  
  It's somewhat counter intuitive for electrons photons to have no mass at all, given that they do have measurable momentum...
  
  As measurement precision improves, that upper limit will get lower and lower, but it's not impossible that we will at some point discover that they do indeed have some mass, however small.
  
  
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  Posted by m98 on 19 Apr, 2022 12:33
• Quote from: AVGresponding on 19 Apr, 2022 11:13

  It's somewhat counter intuitive for electrons to have no mass at all, given that they do have measurable momentum...
  

  What? I guess you meant photon.
• #6 Reply
  Posted by AVGresponding on 19 Apr, 2022 16:43
• Quote from: m98 on 19 Apr, 2022 12:33

  Quote from: AVGresponding on 19 Apr, 2022 11:13

  It's somewhat counter intuitive for electrons to have no mass at all, given that they do have measurable momentum...
  

  What? I guess you meant photon.
  

  
  Yes, thankyou, corrected!
• #7 Reply
  Posted by Halcyon on 20 Apr, 2022 01:58
• He lost me at "1 + 1 = 1".
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  Posted by Cyberdragon on 26 Apr, 2022 07:18
• Quote from: Halcyon on 20 Apr, 2022 01:58

  He lost me at "1 + 1 = 1".
  

  
  So that's where Planerwalk got that from.