Well, I mean, I would have launched it first (as an AAA game), but I'm no game developer. 🤷 And neither are they, from the looks of it. Good at perpetually raking in money for himself and his family, though!

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why they have momentum since they don't have mass

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You know that old E=mc² equation? That's actually only the simplified "rest" half of it. The full equation that relativity gives us says E²=m²c⁴+p²c². Meaning if it has energy, it definitely has mass (m), momentum (p), or both.

For a massless particle like a photon, that means E=pc, and its momentum is proportional to its energy and therefore frequency/wavelength.

[–] Natanael 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Weird math bullshit.

But in essence, because they carry energy they must have momentum. It's why they can impart momentum on what they hit, because momentum must be preserved.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/chapter/29-4-photon-momentum/

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It weird how the universe just does whatever the math calls for, no matter how absurd.