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Attempts to prove E=mc² (view source)
Revision as of 02:15, September 12, 2016
, 02:15, September 12, 2016→Motivation for E=mc²
The insistence on E=mc² is partly motivated by a quest for a "grand unified theory," which has never been found despite the waste of billions of dollars and roughly a century looking for it. If mass and energy were equivalent as E=mc² asserts, then there should be a theory that unifies gravitation and electromagnetic forces. There isn't, and the [[Bible]] correctly predicts that there isn't.
The insistence on E=mc² is partly motivated by a quest for a "grand unified theory," which has never been found despite the waste of billions of dollars and roughly a century looking for it. If mass and energy were equivalent as E=mc² asserts, then there should be a theory that unifies gravitation and electromagnetic forces. There isn't, and the [[Bible]] correctly predicts that there isn't.
:Actually, the idea of a "grand unified theory" didn't arise until about the 1950's, give or take a couple of decades. Einsteins formula was published in 1905.<ref>[http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend its Energy Content?" Albert Einstein, Sept 1905]</ref> The formula has nothing to do with gravity, and the canard of "mass-energy equivalence" is really a meaningless notion. The equation simply says that potential energy has mass; nothing more.
Another motivation of E=mc² is to try to make the [[Theory of Relativity]] consistent with the principle of the conservation of energy, by pretending that mass gains or loses energy to make up for the energy discrepancy in Relativity.
Another motivation of E=mc² is to try to make the [[Theory of Relativity]] consistent with the principle of the conservation of energy, by pretending that mass gains or loses energy to make up for the energy discrepancy in Relativity.
:That is quite true, and is in fact how the equation arises. It arises because of the need for these principles:
:*Conservation of energy is precisely obeyed, for all phenomena, in all frames of reference.
:*Conservation of momentum is precisely obeyed, for all phenomena, in all frames of reference.
:These two principles, along with the required relativistic definitions of energy and momentum, directly lead to the need for potential energy to have mass. It's that simple.
== A proof ==
== A proof ==