[WikiEN-l] [roy_q_royce at hotmail.com: --A Request RE a WIKIArticle--]

Thu Sep 25 22:31:34 UTC 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> [3] The famous equation E=mc^2 does not support special relativity.
> (This is stated explicitly by the imminent physicist John Wheeler on
page
> 148
> of his famous book _Spacetime Physics_ {1963}, wherein he noted the
fact
> that Einstein presented an SR-free derivation of E=mc^2 in order not
to
> have this famous and important fact associated with a mere theory.)

Not a helpful comment, but I think it's highly amusing that John Wheeler
is imminent.

I have a strong suspicion his "Spacetime Physics" claim is a misleading
paraphrase, especially since our disputant is calling E=mc^2 a "famous
and important fact" but special relativity a "mere theory",
demonstrating the standard misunderstanding of the scientific meaning of
the word "theory".