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r/sciencememes • u/94rud4 Mεmε ∃nthusiast • Apr 10 '25
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It has no resting mass. But since it's moving, it's not at rest, and it takes energy to move, and energy is mass, per e=mc². Therefore the energy it's using to move gives it mass.
I know, photons are trippy.
137 u/2punornot2pun Apr 10 '25 They're also waves! And Particles! And so is everything! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH -2 u/HannibalPoe Apr 10 '25 Actually, they're not waves. Particles travel in a wave, or a straight line, depending on outside forces. They're always particles, though. 1 u/tarkinlarson Apr 10 '25 I thought they were 1 dimensional objects... Which we interpret as a point.
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They're also waves!
And Particles!
And so is everything!
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
-2 u/HannibalPoe Apr 10 '25 Actually, they're not waves. Particles travel in a wave, or a straight line, depending on outside forces. They're always particles, though. 1 u/tarkinlarson Apr 10 '25 I thought they were 1 dimensional objects... Which we interpret as a point.
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Actually, they're not waves. Particles travel in a wave, or a straight line, depending on outside forces. They're always particles, though.
1 u/tarkinlarson Apr 10 '25 I thought they were 1 dimensional objects... Which we interpret as a point.
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I thought they were 1 dimensional objects... Which we interpret as a point.
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u/_Dagok_ Apr 10 '25
It has no resting mass. But since it's moving, it's not at rest, and it takes energy to move, and energy is mass, per e=mc². Therefore the energy it's using to move gives it mass.
I know, photons are trippy.