Re:Physics Has Demoted Mass
by johncolanduoni on Sunday November 12, 2017 @11:38AM
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Except you would otherwise have at least one of c, hbar, boltzman’s constant etc. in virtually every equation and now you don’t. You get a lot more mileage out of it than just simplifying one line.
That is clever, but you've already adjusted the mass to take into account the fact that you are now setting c=1. This reminds me of computer programming where, for the sake of an easy-to-read clarity, I decide to take one line of code and make it two. Basically, instead of doing this:
e=mc^2
You have decided to make it two lines of code:
m=mc^2
e=m
I often do that, especially if I'm working with junior devs and I want the code to be as easy as possible for them to read (90% of the time).
It's clever, but everyone should remember the assumption that allows this: the mass has already been adjusted to reflect the reality that of c=1.