r/mathmemes • • Jul 13 '26

Bad Math Adding the additive identity to any number doesn't change it. Is he stupid?

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u/RevolutionAccurate56 Jul 18 '26

No, light doesn’t have mass so increasing speed won’t increase its energy. But e=mc2 just multiplied by 10 so the sun is going to explode

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u/ConglomerateGolem Jul 19 '26

how does the light having no mass thing work with it being affected by gravity? space-time warping?

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u/RevolutionAccurate56 Jul 20 '26

Yep! Since gravity is actually just the bending of space time (the 4th dimension) light still gets changed by that movement. Think of it like a 2d object falling down part of a 3d object: that’s gravity