Do you think light has mass? I do. If you don't you're an idiot.
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does light have relative mass is what I was getting at and if you don't think it has mass, then you are an idiot.
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Do you think light has mass? I do. If you don't you're an idiot.
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does light have relative mass is what I was getting at and if you don't think it has mass, then you are an idiot.
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http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physic...ight_mass.html
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a10594.html
http://www.earthsky.com/2003/es030802.html
http://www.nsf.gov/nstw_questions/phys/quest084.htm
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...rs/961102.html
People who make general and simple statements when not presenting facts or argument are "misguided" cough .
<---- an idiot
Me --> Idiot with degree in physics . . . .
<-------- advanced idiot with labotomy
O kI guess I will join with the greatest scientific minds of our age as an idiot and say that light has no mass.
I told you, clintonsucks, but don't listen to me.... :rolleyes:
Actually I think light does have Mass. clintonsucks is a jerk for phrasing his question in such a way that it would cause anger amongst fellow geeks. Light has mass because it is a particle wave. It follows both the actions of a wave and a particle therefore it could have mass. But it is also assumable that it does; either way measuring the mass of light would be difficult if not impossible. Thats just my opinion, so don't flame me.
There is a reproduceable experment that shows light does have mass. You must have a very sensitive scale, a transparent near vacume enclosure, and a very strong light source.
I read an artical on this in 'Scientific American' and seen the experiment reproduced on some TV show (perhaps 'Discovery' or 'PBS' (sorry, I don't remember exactly where)
The scale will show that light striking the scale will cause it to show a weight, and when the light is removed, the weight goes away.
Now then, do I join with the rest of the scientific world, and most of hte respondents here, or do I go with someone who considers those who don't agree with them to be idiots?
Tough one there.
moxnix - the first link that RoadClosed posted suggested a reason why this experiement would appear to have mass - because it has momentum without mass, and can therefore exert a pressure on a scale ( if I understood the article right ).
Does anyone want to support the idea? I would be interested in arguments in favour, that did not relate to my inteligence level.