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3192690 No.3192690 [Reply] [Original]

>E = mc^2
>E = (1/2)mv^2
>let v = c
>half of the energy of something going the speed of light must be kinetic

If you thought you were a genius for figuring this out when you were a kid you must post ITT

Or "stupid science related things you thought as a kid" general

>> No.3192694

>implying KE is not (gamma-1)mc^2

>> No.3192710

>implying anything with mass can ever travel with v=c

Even as a 13 year old I'd grasped this concept

>> No.3192723

>metal conducts electricity
>metal is a good conductor of heat
>glass does not conduct electricity
>glass is a poor conductor of heat

Then I applied the same logic to wood, stone and a few other materials. Then I learned why...

>> No.3192728

>>3192723
All conductors are metallic?

>> No.3192732

>>3192723
diamonds here. Now what?

>> No.3192742

>>3192732
shit bitch I was like 11, cut a nigga a break

>> No.3192747

>>3192728
free electrons...how do they work?

>> No.3192748
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>Age about 14
>Hey I wonder if I applied algebra to completing the squares I'll end up with a new quadratic formula
>Oh they're the same
>Wait a minute...