It’s All So Complicated
Light has a dual nature - it demonstrates properties of both waves and particles.
So light particles travel at the speed of light (obviously). Now doesn’t this give them infinite mass according to the mass-energy relationship equation?
It’s all so complicated. Just like the relativity.
Category: Introspection
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
My god.. you must’ve been really bored xD
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
Ok I am going to leave some obscure comment like
matter
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Yes. In those cases where you end up with light having infinite mass, you go and claim it is a wave. In those cases where light being a wave doesnt seem feasible, you go and claim it is a particle.
To uncomplicate things, I propose that we give light a triple nature. A wave, a particle, and when we end up with a particle with infinite mass, we can call it Namitha, who as everyone knows, has infinite mass.
This comment is dedicated to nadana bheerangi Sam Anderson.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
I think you have touched your 12th Physics book recently,
Am I right ?
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Sanchan, I am never bored. These things run as background processes and surface when they have reached a particular level of sense.
Sundar, thanks for the explanation dude. It sure clears things up. Now we know why men are attracted to Namitha.
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
@Marc,
She is heavy, yet somehow light ?
Ah, someone from this blog is going to win a (ig)nobel these days.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Assuming we have none of the wealth of knowledge accumulated on the topic, why would it imply infinite mass? What if the rest mass is zero?
Also, this forum argument is silly. Person involved must read Physics textbook again.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Karthik, it is because of her infinite mass. Law of gravity. The greater the mass the greater the gravitational pull.
gopal, you don’t need a textbook for this.
George, what the hell is rest mass? You people come up with these paradoxes and try to explain them away by inventing more new terms.
February 24th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Yeah. Namitha created a temporal anomaly in the space-time continuum.
February 24th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Rest Mass. As for your statement, well yes, of course. Problems occur so we try to solve them by making improvements. Very good, you have understood the Scientific Method, specifically the part that talks about improving your hypothesis.
I’m amazed you managed to get past High School Physics without this bit, it was the most fascinating part. Why would you skip all the interesting bits and memorise only the boring parts?! It boggles the mind! No wonder you have no fun.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
@George,
If the rest mass is zero, you would be proving e=mc^2 wrong. All the best with it.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Now we are talking Abel prize and no longer Ignobel.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Why would E=mc2 be wrong? So it has no rest energy. Then what?
Of course, none of this formal. And the original question itself is too simplistic to answer but I cannot see an error so far.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Thanks George, for linking to random Wikipedia entries and pretending that you explained things.