Rest Energy and Kinetic
1. Rest energy of a body - m c^2
2. Kinetic energy of a body - 0.5 m v^2
Leaving aside the formal definitions of these energies, I am linking the formulae to some philosophy:
- The energy in you defines who you are.
- Your mass is something you were born with.
- When you are at rest 'who-you-are' is defined by the universe
- By the mass it gave you, and
- By the speed at which it moves
- When you are moving, who-you-are is defined by two things
- By the mass the universe assigned to you, and
- By the speed and the direction in which you are moving
- Independent of the magnitudes of these values, when you're moving, you're more defined by the speed and direction you choose than the mass assigned to you.
2 comments:
I think the reasoning also has an element of beauty in it.
Also "current" or "now" could be explicitly associated to the conclusion. To me that is a crucial part as well. Who you are is defined by your speed and direction "as of now", rather than how great your speed and direction was in the past.
If I get this correctly, I am terribly interested in the point where the individual's definition changes from that governed by the mass assigned by universe to that governed by her/his speed and direction.
What would that point be called according to your philosophy?
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