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Re: The speed of light is NOT a constant?! A milestone in Physics?

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Originally Posted by Henry_222
Ken, I thought it said that the bonds between the particles of nuclei: protons and neutrons, were becoming stronger as time goes on as compared to the slowing speed of light.
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Which would make the nuclear power plants more plentiful and efficient as more energy would be released in the breaking or joining of the particles.
so what does that do to Einsteins equation? does it become invalid as light slows down, but the bonds become stronger?

one of the things that has always blown my mind is that Einsteins equation has no K factor - no constant to balance it.

Think about that for a while. The units of energy, mass, and distance and time (defining the speed of light) had all been defined before Einstein came up with his famous equation

BUT the units came out perfect - there is no correction (fudge) factor

E = MC^2

so what happens to it now?!
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