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To: sirchtruth
At what point is something massless?

Well, I think if something can attain the speed of light, it's massless.
10 posted on 03/11/2004 5:03:51 AM PST by BikerNYC
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To: BikerNYC
Well, I think if something can attain the speed of light, it's massless.

That's an interesting point. The only prblem I see is light acts like particles or waves and this article argues particles have mass?

17 posted on 03/11/2004 5:34:51 AM PST by sirchtruth
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To: BikerNYC
"...Well, I think if something can attain the speed of light, it's massless....."

Einstein, I believe, basically theorized that as matter approaches the speed of light, its mass becomes infinite.

28 posted on 03/11/2004 6:16:25 AM PST by Victor
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To: BikerNYC
It's all relative. It depends on how many dimensions there are in reality, and how you define mass. It could be that Einstein only caught on to a tip of the iceberg--so to speak. If we discover other dimensions, it could redefine our concept of matter, reality, etc.
124 posted on 03/28/2004 3:19:28 AM PST by Liver
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