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Thread: Does light have mass?

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    Lightbulb Does light have mass?

    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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    <---- an idiot

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    Me --> Idiot with degree in physics . . . .

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    O kI guess I will join with the greatest scientific minds of our age as an idiot and say that light has no mass.
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    I told you, clintonsucks, but don't listen to me....

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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