• xep@discuss.online
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    1 day ago

    Mass is not conserved. And while CICO may be true in the same sense that spherical cows can be used as an approximation, the devil’s in the details.

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      1 day ago

      I didn’t say just mass was conserved. I said that mass and energy, when taken together, are conserved. Mass is just another form of energy.

      I assure you, ci/co is not a “spherical cow”. Every single joule of energy is accounted for.