Re: Nova / Einstein's 100th anniversary show

Koobee Wublee:

>The equation, E = m c^2, is an absolute simple and elegant form of
>mathematical expression that equates observed energy and the observed mass.
>Before the creative interpretations to GR ever become more rampant in style
>and frequency, energy actually means the observed mass, and the observed
>mass actually means the observed energy. It is dependent on where and
>perhaps when an observation is performed. After these creative
>interpretations of GR became ever more ubiquitous and were deeply rooted
>into the academics, the meaning of this equation has been downgraded into
>just an description of the energy associated with the rest mass. To
>describe the observed energy, the creative interpreters of GR chose to
>promote, E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2.
>
>Why?

Because they knew that by using the quantities dictated by the theory,
someone (you, for example) would come along 100 years later and be
totally baffled by the obvious. It's an inside joke.


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