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I doubt it's going to make any difference for a while. All the maths works right now so nothing will need to be changed yet.
And this just supports that light does have a mass.
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| Arktri wrote: | I doubt it's going to make any difference for a while. All the maths works right now so nothing will need to be changed yet.
And this just supports that light does have a mass. |
It's the fact that all the maths "work" that is scaring everybody. If this is proven true, there will be a lot of changes made. Even if it all "works" it will be wrong based on this one discovery.
Imagine nearly 100 years of advancement in this field mathematically nearly nullified.
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| Kazekeil wrote: | | Arktri wrote: | I doubt it's going to make any difference for a while. All the maths works right now so nothing will need to be changed yet.
And this just supports that light does have a mass. |
It's the fact that all the maths "work" that is scaring everybody. If this is proven true, there will be a lot of changes made. Even if it all "works" it will be wrong based on this one discovery.
Imagine nearly 100 years of advancement in this field mathematically nearly nullified. |
Light is still going to be a constant in a vacuum. It's just not the fastest thing anymore. And if the maths works why would they need to change it? Just treat C as we treat planks constant (h) instead of some god of physics. (I admit, that sounded pretty stupid but I'm in a rush and I can't think of exactly the words I want to use).
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| Arktri wrote: | | Kazekeil wrote: | | Arktri wrote: | I doubt it's going to make any difference for a while. All the maths works right now so nothing will need to be changed yet.
And this just supports that light does have a mass. |
It's the fact that all the maths "work" that is scaring everybody. If this is proven true, there will be a lot of changes made. Even if it all "works" it will be wrong based on this one discovery.
Imagine nearly 100 years of advancement in this field mathematically nearly nullified. |
Light is still going to be a constant in a vacuum. It's just not the fastest thing anymore. And if the maths works why would they need to change it? Just treat C as we treat planks constant (h) instead of some god of physics. (I admit, that sounded pretty stupid but I'm in a rush and I can't think of exactly the words I want to use). |
The increased speed may be due to something other than light just having mass. They simply don't know yet.
It's like if your entire life you were taught 1+1 = 2(hopefully). Then suddenly your parents told you "Oh no honey, 1+1 actually equals 4." All the math you did before isn't "wrong" relative to itself, but relative to math as a whole it IS wrong.
If this discovery is proven, and that will take a few years, it most likely won't cause an entire rewrite of our math system. My thoughts are that it will split math into two sections. The simple basics like 1+1=2 will obviously not change, but everything related to light and such will have to be rewritten.
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| What's up NERDS?
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| i can hazs time machines now?
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Call me when engineering finds a use for this information.
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