Learn a bit of science


E = mc2

It is written:
"Einstein proved that man can convert matter into energy."

 

And then you hear physicists groan:
Aaarrrrgh!!
"M" doesn't stand for "matter"  It stands for mass.
"E" does stand for energy, but it's not the "energy" of Aristotle.
Energy and mass are not "convertable": they are a logical equivalence.


PERCEPTION . . . IMAGINATION . . . METAPHOR . . . MATHEMATICS . . . MAGIC

PERCEPTION—IMAGINATION—METAPHOR
Matter is substance; something we perceive.
PERCEPTION—IMAGINATION—METAPHOR
Aristotle's "energy" is a metaphor for our experiences with food, with fatigue, with work, with rest, with recuperation...
PERCEPTION—IMAGINATION—METAPHOR
Things that are convertable are related by mutual exclusion.  It's one or it's the other.  If one increases, the other decreases.
MATHEMATICS—PATTERNS OF PATTERNS Mass is an abstraction related to forces and interactions of matter with matter.
MATHEMATICS—PATTERNS OF PATTERNS
Modern scientific energy is an abstraction: an abstract quantity that never changes value.
MATHEMATICS—PATTERNS OF PATTERNS
Logical equivalence is an opposite of mutual exclusion.  If one increases, so does the other.

MATHEMATICS—PATTERNS OF PATTERNS
Just what is this "deeper" level of abstraction?
What is science?
 

These are pervasive, persistent, and prescientific misconceptions built into much science education.