PhilGoetz comments on The Correct Contrarian Cluster - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 December 2009 10:01PM

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Comment author: bgrah449 23 December 2009 09:09:57AM *  1 point [-]

It seems like you're equating speed with energy. Since the masses are different, couldn't the energy of the machine be less but the speed be greater?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 23 December 2009 02:59:04PM 0 points [-]

When talking about the jet, I was talking only about force. "The masses are different" - what masses are you talking about?