Physicists operate with an incorrect formula representing kinetic energy. Now there is a mathematical proof of the error, and it is simple enough to be easily verified. It is based upon the characteristics of constant powered rockets. Because the error is so basic, a large part of the science of physics, beyond Newton's laws, is in error. That much error leaves a trail of evidence a mile wide.
Physicists ignore the evidence and rationalize the error.
It indicates that the energy of motion is in proportion to mass times velocity squared. Squaring the velocity is the problem, because no mass can move at velocity squared. As a result, the formula is an abstraction apart from the motion of the mass. A similar contradiction in logic shows up in the force-distance form of the analysis. Supposedly, kinetic energy is proportional to force times distance for an accelerating mass.