I think the speed of light can be misleading. It causes one to think that light accelerates -to or radiates-at its max speed. Which is roughly around 186,000km per second in a vaccum also referred to as (c). Is this an objective measurement? Perhaps 186,000km per second (Speed of electromagnetic radation in vaccum) is the fastest that our eyes/brain can register lights information? The data has to be there before we can receive it, correct? Perhaps this is why the speed of light is the same in all refrence frames? Does light really have a speed? They say that it travels at different speeds in different mediums, right? Faster in a vaccum and slower in air. So if light travels in a vaccum, through air, back in a vaccum, through air - its speed will accelerate/decelerate according to the medium? Thats like a bullet traveling faster when it exists a body. Am I saying that light travels instantaneously? Well, are we ever without light? That would be a black hole, right?
2007-11-06
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