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matthayzon89
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Hello,
I am fairly new to quantum physics and I recently became interested in Einstein and his accomplishments b/c I never knew why he was considered a genious and I was curious...
So, I took a few minutes to try to understand the way the theory of relativity works, which by the way, I am having a difficult time understanding... (can anyone break it down for me in an easy to understand way?)
What I DID get from Einsteins theory of relativity is that Energy= Mass * C^2 <-speed of light squared.
This implies that: if say a rock weighs .5 lbs and you multiply it by the speed of light squared, then you get the amount of potential energy that the rock might have. You locating the rock in the first place is do to having light hit the rock.
So, what if someone someone was in complete darkness with a plate somewhere in the room, the plate cannot be located b/c it is too dark. Since the speed of light does not apply to this case b/c we are in complete darkness, doesn't this theory incorrectly imply that the plate has little to NO potential energy, since the light in the room is near zero?
I am fairly new to quantum physics and I recently became interested in Einstein and his accomplishments b/c I never knew why he was considered a genious and I was curious...
So, I took a few minutes to try to understand the way the theory of relativity works, which by the way, I am having a difficult time understanding... (can anyone break it down for me in an easy to understand way?)
What I DID get from Einsteins theory of relativity is that Energy= Mass * C^2 <-speed of light squared.
This implies that: if say a rock weighs .5 lbs and you multiply it by the speed of light squared, then you get the amount of potential energy that the rock might have. You locating the rock in the first place is do to having light hit the rock.
So, what if someone someone was in complete darkness with a plate somewhere in the room, the plate cannot be located b/c it is too dark. Since the speed of light does not apply to this case b/c we are in complete darkness, doesn't this theory incorrectly imply that the plate has little to NO potential energy, since the light in the room is near zero?