How can photon have energy, but no mass if “m=E/c^2” (E= mc^2)

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How can photon have energy, but no mass if “m=E/c^2” (E= mc^2)

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One way to put it is like this. Things get mass by interacting with the Higgs field. But photons just don’t. It’s like it’s out of reach for them.