Einstein's formula, why it does'nt add up?

Question

E=MC2, The speed of light is part of this equation, and since the speed of light is measured according to our time and not that of the universe, it can never work.
Since one second is one sixtieth of one minute, and one minute is one sixtieth of one hour, and one hour is one twentyfourth of one day, and one day is one threehundred and sixtyfith of one year, one year is just our earthly measurement of the event of our planet circuling the sun, our rotation of our polanet (24 Hours).
You see, time is a measurement of our solarsystem event, and has no effect on the rest of the galaxy or the universe.
Allso the speed of light is just a reflection on a reflectable surface or by a light emmiting object like the sun.

Answer 1

You are beginning to understand (a little) of the Relativity Theory, and that is Time and Space is relative to and is dependent on the observer's frame of referrence.



However, where you are mistaken is that Light is the CONSTANT across all frames of reference. It's because Light is the constant, the mathematical equations, when solved, results in Time and Space being Relative!!!.



Michelson and Morley's interferrometer experiment proved that 'c' is constant no matter how you measured it,or how the universe is 'travelling' along.



E=mc^2 has been correct in every other technological applications - in nuclear powerplants....etc... Imagine if this equation is wrong, every nuclear reactor will have problems controlling the amount of energy released by fission!!!

Answer 2

I'm just looking at your progression of time units. If you reverse those facts, you'll see that the second is the basis for the rest. The earth just happens to take 365.25 days to go around the sun. The day just happens to be proclaimed by man to have 24 hours, etc. It is the second that we measure absolutely everything. It may be micro-, pico- or nano-, but it is still a part of the second. And in agreement with others, a second on earth is the same second in the Andromeda Galaxy. Einstein's E=mc2 works, and beautifully.

Answer 3

C, the speed of light is a ratio: distance divided by time. You could measure time by whatever scale you chose and indeed distance for that matter, too. The answer would be equally valid because your definition of energy would have changed in a corresponding way.



For example, energy and work (as a physical quantity) are synonymous. Energy = Work = Force x Distance. So if you have a different definition of distance on the left side of the equation, you would also have a different definition of it on the right hand side. Therefore the variations would cancel out. It's simple algebra.



So, no matter what quantity you use for mass, length or time, because the representation of any and all of those are the same on each side of the equation, it will always work. Because of that, the arbitrary measure we have for the kilogram, metre and second are as good as any other.

Answer 4

The speed of light is a universal Constant (hence, the symbol C).

That simply means that any observer, regardless of his frame of reference or constant velocity or units used will calculate the speed of light exactly the same when the units are converted to the same criteria - be it meters per second, miles per minute, twinkies per nautical mile or any other chosen units of measurements. Their time and unit lengths may vary from each frame of reference, but the speed of light will be exactly the same (and valid) for all reference frames.

Answer 5

You are absolutely correct...I've been saying it all along...the speed of light C = 1 camel hair/heart pulse period.



Just kidding of course.



The point is this...your argument is about the use of mankind's standards for measuring time. The metric standards we use do not change the fact that light travels at a constant speed for a given medium. If we all agreed on what 1 camel hair/heart pulse period meant, we could still solve E = MC^2.



Time existed long before mankind came on the scene. And light traveled at its constant velocity long before then, too. Using metrics of time based on the rotation and revolution of Earth is historical, but convenient. Using 1 camel hair/heart pulse period is not.

Answer 6

yea...so?



we use our numbers, and the units we assign to them, in equations to give us our numbers, and units we assign to them. a second is just a unit of time initially based on the rotation of earth, yes, you got us there. but...so what? its still a second. if you went to another planet somewhere, a second would still be a second.



and a second is no longer how you described it. a second is defined as: "the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom."



by your logic, no math works at all. ever.



EDIT: and why is it that you claim it cant work and its flawed, but weve tested it before and it works perfectly.

Answer 7

Any intelligent species would determine the speed of light with respect to their internal frames of reference, yet the speed of light would still remain constant and would therefore relate one frame of reference to another.



Since the speed of light is the same in Andromeda as it is in our galaxy we can determine how far away Andromeda is.

Answer 8

The speed of light is constant for all inertial frames of reference.



You can't take someone's conclusions as a fact when you ignore their postulates.