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Can you weigh a shadow?

Weight of photons missing, can it be calculated?

Posted - October 30, 2020

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  • 1952
    I don't think so. 
      October 30, 2020 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Photons have no mass but they convert to mass when they are absorbed by the elections on the surface of your body. You would have to weigh yourself before you begin to cast a shadow then again when your shadow fades out to calculate how much mass is displaced by your body casting a shadow.
      October 30, 2020 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    How much force does a shadow have?
      October 31, 2020 10:14 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Enough force to cause the moon to disappear supposing something blocked the sun's rays from reflecting from it.
      October 31, 2020 10:58 AM MDT
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  • 182
    Interesting. Using comparison measurement and appropriate calculation you could probably come up with something meaningful. But down the ages shadows have caused fear in those who believe they detect some as 'free-standing', otherwise unaccountable, shadows. Who knows, there may be invisible entities that absorb light, similar to the way invisible entities are reputed to absorb heat, causing cold patches in an environment. Yes, I'm talking evil entities.    
      October 31, 2020 6:11 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    Something meaningful??
      October 31, 2020 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    I think you have solved the mystery of 'dark matter and energy'.
      October 31, 2020 10:38 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    Photons explained:
    https://www.sci-phy.ca/papers/QuantumPhysics/Planck_Law/The_Birth_of_Quantum_Physics.html
      November 1, 2020 3:52 PM MST
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