From: John Beckett 

Robert Comer  wrote in message
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>> I guess you're saying that the first nuclear explosion didn't actually
>> prove the precise details of the E=mc2 equation, but it sure did prove
>> the general point, and it showed that the special theory of relativity
>> was more than "just a theory".
>
> That's where we disagree.  (and it's still just a theory.)

We agree that the first nuclear explosion did not give evidence for the
exact details of the equation E=mc2.

But now you say the above. Why make me guess what's on your mind?

Humble suggestion: Either give an explanation to support your pov, or if
you don't want to take the time, don't reply at all.

Earlier, you mentioned chain reactions. That's the mechanism for causing a
nuclear explosion, but no amount of critical mass or chain reactions could
give a nuclear explosion if it were not possible to convert mass into
energy, with the amount of energy being released being a very large
multiple of the amount of mass lost.

Einstein sat in a room and wrote down "E=mc2". Years later,
scientists managed to convert appreciable amounts of mass to energy in the
first nuclear explosion. And you seem to think that "it's still just a
theory" is somehow a profound  remark.

John

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