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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

That's right, light goes out in all directions, not all focused towards your eye. So the 4x as bright candle burns 16x as fast?

I assumed mass is kept constant. Or it would be, "the candle that burns four times as bright is really heavy."