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Re: There's work, and then there's work



David Rutherford wrote:

John Mallinckrodt wrote:

> He "justifies" this by redefining the term "work" so that (what I'll
call) "Rutherford Work" is done even on point particles that do not
move. He does all of this without the least concern that his results
violate every relevant experimental result.

Like what? Please be specific.

Well, just for instance, your result predicts that the energy stored
by a capacitor is CV^2. It isn't.

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