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Thought Experiment Dilemma (2/2)


Make one specification: every particle is an electron, with 511 keV of rest masss and -1 unit of electric charge.



Box 2 has 511 keV of kinetic energy. Electric charge cannot be split into fifths. The box with 6 charges now has 5 moving charges. One unit of electric charge has been destroyed.

The data for electric charge conservation is exceptionally good.

The thought experiment is flawed, so gravity does not bind energy-momentum.




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