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| From | Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? |
| Date | 2018-09-01 15:30 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <pmeb9u$9eb$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <2b189f54-b41e-4f11-8ddd-b04ac072595a@googlegroups.com> |
<poraty149@gmail.com> wrote: > What is more basic > > Energy > or mass ?? > ====== > TIA > Y.Porat > ========================== > > Energy. Our ARBITRARY choice of base dimensions is a historical accident. Humans just didn’t understand how central energy was before they set up units for length, time, and mass. Had we known then what we know now, energy would have been one of the fundamental dimensions and mass and length and time would have been defined in term of that. You make the mistake of believing that the way you were taught is the physically natural way of thinking rather than the by product of historical accident and arbitrary choices. You know why we have seconds at all? Because Sumerians 6000 years ago were fascinated by the numbers 12 and 60. No other reason. -- Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables
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WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 06:54 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 15:30 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 11:38 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 15:50 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 12:09 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 16:34 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 11:21 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 11:04 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2018-09-01 14:48 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 20:04 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2018-09-01 15:00 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-01 19:17 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 02:27 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 02:28 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-09-02 19:57 +1000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 06:26 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 13:39 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Volney <volney@volney.invalid> - 2018-09-02 10:45 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 12:17 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 18:57 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-09-03 08:41 +1000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? mitchrae3323@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 15:48 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 20:10 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-09-03 11:51 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-09-03 17:49 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-03 22:47 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? "reber G=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 13:06 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2018-09-04 13:11 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-04 21:32 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 13:19 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 06:40 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 07:19 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 12:18 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 18:57 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? benj <benj.fake@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 12:20 -0400
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? poraty149@gmail.com - 2018-09-02 11:45 -0700
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 18:57 +0000
Re: WHAT IS MORE BASIC ? ! - ENERGY - OR MASS ?? Horatio Trollmeister <invalid@example.com> - 2018-09-01 15:46 -0700
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