It just feels like a bunch of things that we've observed that don't all align and we've thrown in a bag.<\/p>
An honest physicist would agree. <\/p>
The important thing to them is they've come up with a mathematical model that is predictive to great accuracy. That is both interesting and useful. <\/p>
But a mathematical model is still just a model, no different than metaphors for reality we create in our heads ... \"it's a force that pushes,\" \"it's a space that curves\". <\/p>
We're still Greeks trying to understand things we don't even really have words for for a universe we cannot experience directly except through the senses we have been given.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/7a96c53d-409f-40f5-a849-f8c4d20cb062","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/7a96c53d-409f-40f5-a849-f8c4d20cb062","objectType":"note","content":"@sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> It just feels like a bunch of things that we've observed that don't all align and we've thrown in a bag.<\/p> An honest physicist would agree. <\/p> The important thing to them is they've come up with a mathematical model that is predictive to great accuracy. That is both interesting and useful. <\/p> But a mathematical model is still just a model, no different than metaphors for reality we create in our heads ... \"it's a force that pushes,\" \"it's a space that curves\". <\/p> We're still Greeks trying to understand things we don't even really have words for for a universe we cannot experience directly except through the senses we have been given.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032107","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032107","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:39:18+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032107"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro","displayName":"Bread up, Bro","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-original-tmp20220807213544.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":148,"height":148},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-96-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-48-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-24-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"3752"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-96-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Resident AI of P.O.A.S.TNdP: Frederick Nowell","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sickburnbro","displayName":"Bread up, Bro","note":"Resident AI of P.O.A.S.TNdP: Frederick Nowell"}},"content":"@petra<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> I always try to keep Maxwell's equations in mind. When the model doesn't fit the observations, you throw it out or modify. @James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> You should trying actually understanding things before commenting. <\/p> It's not done because it was wrong. It was a fudge and people who didn't understand would take it literally when in fact there was no mass change at all. <\/p> That you are confused now is exactly why it's not taught that way now.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/86974015-a049-4262-8190-676f747cd7ad","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/86974015-a049-4262-8190-676f747cd7ad","objectType":"note","content":" @James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> You should trying actually understanding things before commenting. <\/p> It's not done because it was wrong. It was a fudge and people who didn't understand would take it literally when in fact there was no mass change at all. <\/p> That you are confused now is exactly why it's not taught that way 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That's how you get supersymmetry and string theory.
There are an awful lot of people very wedded to \"we know how the universe works\"","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/6cc4db80-c834-4a99-9072-45400e9770e9","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/6cc4db80-c834-4a99-9072-45400e9770e9","objectType":"note","content":"@petra<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> I always try to keep Maxwell's equations in mind. When the model doesn't fit the observations, you throw it out or modify.
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It's not that simple. See:
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It's not that simple. See:
https:\/\/math.ucr.edu\/home\/baez\/physics\/ParticleAndNucl...<\/a>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032075","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032075","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032075"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-original-tmp20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":487,"height":328},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-48-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-24-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"254801"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","note":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user."}},"content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > Yeah it is. He's saying that exact thing, that photons have no mass.
No. He's saying they have no resting mass.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/620e94d5-d5fe-499f-8000-6ce27b01c1c0","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/620e94d5-d5fe-499f-8000-6ce27b01c1c0","objectType":"note","content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > Yeah it is. He's saying that exact thing, that photons have no mass.
No. He's saying they have no resting mass.","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032077","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032077","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032077"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","displayName":"petra","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-original-tmp20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":346,"height":462},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-48-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-24-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"247202"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"petra","displayName":"petra"}},"content":"@James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> Yeah it is. He's saying that exact thing, that photons have no mass. They do have energy and momentum. Not the same thing.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0","objectType":"note","content":"@James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> Yeah it is. He's saying that exact thing, that photons have no mass. They do have energy and momentum. Not the same thing.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/91768346-287b-47b3-9e82-6b2b07dbf055","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032075"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032076","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/248c7662-dea7-4801-b1a8-d36a04a7aaa0"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-original-tmp20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":487,"height":328},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-48-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-24-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"254801"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","note":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user."}},"content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > Early textbooks used to fudge things and talk about relativistic mass to make things look like more familiar Newtonian physics. That's not done any more.
The fact that something isn't done anymore doesn't make the earlier usage wrong.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/6965065f-9fe2-4350-b9b4-c6541e01f5de","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/6965065f-9fe2-4350-b9b4-c6541e01f5de","objectType":"note","content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > Early textbooks used to fudge things and talk about relativistic mass to make things look like more familiar Newtonian physics. That's not done any more.
The fact that something isn't done anymore doesn't make the earlier usage wrong.","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032079","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032079","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:28+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032079"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","displayName":"petra","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-original-tmp20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":346,"height":462},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-48-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-24-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"247202"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"petra","displayName":"petra"}},"content":"@James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> Rest mass (not resting mass) is always implied - the mass of object in it's own relativistic rest frame, m_0.
Early textbooks used to fudge things and talk about relativistic mass to make things look like more familiar Newtonian physics. That's not done any more. There is only a particle's intrinsic rest mass, or just mass.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568","objectType":"note","content":"@James_Dixon<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> Rest mass (not resting mass) is always implied - the mass of object in it's own relativistic rest frame, m_0.
Early textbooks used to fudge things and talk about relativistic mass to make things look like more familiar Newtonian physics. That's not done any more. There is only a particle's intrinsic rest mass, or just mass.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/620e94d5-d5fe-499f-8000-6ce27b01c1c0","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032077"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032078","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:28+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/b0f9f02b-afe3-42ea-882a-ad58af1f4568"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-original-tmp20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":487,"height":328},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-48-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-24-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"254801"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/254801-96-20240410023748.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/James_Dixon","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"James_Dixon","displayName":"James_Dixon","note":"Gab refugee.Retired computer tech.Slackware user."}},"content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > That you are confused now is exactly why it's not taught that way now.
I'm not the least bit confused.
We don't actually know if a photon has a rest mass or not, as that article makes clear.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/921ade92-b762-4f54-98ee-b2c519dc638e","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/921ade92-b762-4f54-98ee-b2c519dc638e","objectType":"note","content":"@petra<\/a> @sickburnbro<\/a> @WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> > That you are confused now is exactly why it's not taught that way now.
I'm not the least bit confused.
We don't actually know if a photon has a rest mass or not, as that article makes clear.","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032081","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/86974015-a049-4262-8190-676f747cd7ad","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/86974015-a049-4262-8190-676f747cd7ad"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13032081","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-14T01:29:27+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13032081"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","displayName":"petra","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-original-tmp20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":346,"height":462},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-48-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-24-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"247202"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/247202-96-20240306134932.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/petra","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"petra","displayName":"petra"}},"content":"
The intricacies are way more involved than \"wave\" or \"particle\" at this point. Explaining light is a bit like that clip where they ask Feynman to ask how a magnet works.
You can simplify it but it's just gonna be wrong. All that to say: someone probably explained it to you wrong. It sure happened to me.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/bf5eb7df-d3c2-4999-a6b5-0f451b07b3c3","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/bf5eb7df-d3c2-4999-a6b5-0f451b07b3c3","objectType":"note","content":"@sickburnbro<\/a> @binkle<\/a> There is a common tendency even among physicists to want something beautiful and orderly instead of accepting things as they are. That's how you get supersymmetry and string theory.
The intricacies are way more involved than \"wave\" or \"particle\" at this point. Explaining light is a bit like that clip where they ask Feynman to ask how a magnet works.
You can simplify it but it's just gonna be wrong. All that to say: someone probably explained it to you wrong. It sure happened to me.","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031413","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031413","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:34:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031413"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle","displayName":"binkle","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-original-tmp20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":374,"height":374},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-96-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-48-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-24-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"132800"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-96-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"It's not pronounced like you think it is","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"binkle","displayName":"binkle","note":"It's not pronounced like you think it is"}},"content":"Could someone who is more familiar with physics explain something to me?
How is \"the curvature of space\" as an explanation for gravity not simply a metaphor for \"the axiomatic force acts in the direction and proportionality of the mass of objects\", which fixes some underlying\/assumed 3 dimensional grid of distance while allowing its expression in reality to be morphed or altered?
Put another way: aren't those two things equivalent and why is one treated as more \"real\" than the other? Why is \"curvature\" talked about as if it's some fundamental reality rather than just a convenient metaphor for explaining the concept?","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d","object":{"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d","objectType":"note","content":"Could someone who is more familiar with physics explain something to me?
How is \"the curvature of space\" as an explanation for gravity not simply a metaphor for \"the axiomatic force acts in the direction and proportionality of the mass of objects\", which fixes some underlying\/assumed 3 dimensional grid of distance while allowing its expression in reality to be morphed or altered?
Put another way: aren't those two things equivalent and why is one treated as more \"real\" than the other? Why is \"curvature\" talked about as if it's some fundamental reality rather than just a convenient metaphor for explaining the concept?","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031388","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:26:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle","displayName":"binkle","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-original-tmp20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":374,"height":374},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-96-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-48-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-24-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"132800"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/132800-96-20230529025728.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"It's not pronounced like you think it is","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"binkle","displayName":"binkle","note":"It's not pronounced like you think it is"}},"content":"@WandererUber<\/a> ah that makes sense yes I wasn't thinking about light being massless. Thank you friend :hapyretard:","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630","object":{"id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630","objectType":"note","content":"@WandererUber<\/a> ah that makes sense yes I wasn't thinking about light being massless. Thank you friend :hapyretard:","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/d458b0c1-9e58-47df-8aba-27dc3168d73f","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031389"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031390","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:26:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber","displayName":"Wanderer \u00fcber dem Nebelmeer","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-original-tmp20231020151714.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":480,"height":272},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-96-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-48-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-24-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"202805"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-96-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I hate niggers","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"WandererUber","displayName":"Wanderer \u00fcber dem Nebelmeer","note":"I hate niggers"}},"content":"@binkle<\/a> it is a reality because it curves light
A photon has no rest mass and time does not advance in its reference frame, yet its path \"bends\" around heavy objects","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/d458b0c1-9e58-47df-8aba-27dc3168d73f","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/d458b0c1-9e58-47df-8aba-27dc3168d73f","objectType":"note","content":"@binkle<\/a> it is a reality because it curves light
A photon has no rest mass and time does not advance in its reference frame, yet its path \"bends\" around heavy objects","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031389","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/0b55c176-fe0c-4129-a49b-19a95c0e6f9d"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031389","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:26:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031389"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber","displayName":"Wanderer \u00fcber dem Nebelmeer","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-original-tmp20231020151714.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":480,"height":272},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-96-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-48-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-24-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"202805"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/202805-96-20231020151715.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I hate niggers","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"WandererUber","displayName":"Wanderer \u00fcber dem Nebelmeer","note":"I hate niggers"}},"content":"@binkle<\/a> you are welcome friend enjoy the physics","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/7b63223d-c245-4a7b-9c4c-7fed26bf3cbd","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/7b63223d-c245-4a7b-9c4c-7fed26bf3cbd","objectType":"note","content":"@binkle<\/a> you are welcome friend enjoy the physics","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031391","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630","url":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/objects\/2e77e2d7-4837-4d41-a51c-fd227ea84630"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031391","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:26:44+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031391"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro","displayName":"Bread up, Bro","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-original-tmp20220807213544.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":148,"height":148},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-96-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-48-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-24-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"3752"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/3752-96-20220814145041.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Resident AI of P.O.A.S.TNdP: Frederick Nowell","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/sickburnbro","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sickburnbro","displayName":"Bread up, Bro","note":"Resident AI of P.O.A.S.TNdP: Frederick Nowell"}},"content":"@WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> I just refuse to believe that light is both a wave and a particle and has no mass. It just feels like a bunch of things that we've observed that don't all align and we've thrown in a bag.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","object":{"id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","objectType":"note","content":"@WandererUber<\/a> @binkle<\/a> I just refuse to believe that light is both a wave and a particle and has no mass. It just feels like a bunch of things that we've observed that don't all align and we've thrown in a bag.","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/7b63223d-c245-4a7b-9c4c-7fed26bf3cbd","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/13031391"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/clubcyberia.co\/users\/binkle"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/poa.st\/users\/WandererUber"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-13:objectType=thread:nonce=0c51f4a889bc044a","notice_info":{"local_id":"13031392","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-13T21:26:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/poa.st\/objects\/38644cac-35cf-417f-90d8-e9995460a1f3"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6619565","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}