As what you see is light refected off of something, could you see yourself where you were? Just a thought.
2006-11-02 10:57:33 · 15 answers · asked by azimouth4 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
In theory, yes. Because the light particles that were traveling slower than you would have been slower. Very good question. However, speeding past the speed of light would mean the fundamentals of E = Mc^2, would cease to make sense.
2006-11-02 10:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hahahah very good question, but look at this. Although in a normal case such as sound, if you travel faster than the sound you're emitting the sound falls behind and catches up when you stop. But when we are dealing with light however, this is not the case. Very funny I know but no matter how fast something that's emitting light travels, the light that it emits always travel at the same speed: speed of light. So the light you emit will NOT fall behind and catch up to you when you stop, it will still travel forward of you at the same speed that it will travel when you stand still. Very funny isn't it :D But it's true.
Ok heres a small tip, the faster you travel the slower time gets according to Einstein right? At the speed of light your length will contract to nothing in someone else's view and every length will contract to zero in your view and your time will stop. And that's all I am saying :) becoz i am not as sure as Einstein was for the rest. And i don't want to make mistakes you will believe until you find that I was wrong :)
However another thing: No mass can travel with the speed of light, it's impossible. Hahah what a twist :D
And Einstein's equation doesn't show that if something travels faster than the speed of light time becomes negative. When something travels faster than speed of light the equation involves taking the root of a negative number, which is an impossible case (just try on your calculator taking the root of a negative number). Some people only artificially take that negative as a factor just out of curiousity. So mathematically it's impossible which conveys that its physically impossible to.
2006-11-02 15:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Inviz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These questions which concern the speed of light are always mind boggling.
If Einstein's equations hold true (and we ignore the mass and energy increase), think of this scenario:
If you were to travel at the speed of light, distance in the direction of travel would contract to zero and time would stand still - in other words, you would be able to circumvent the entire universe in no time - even if it's infinite (! ! !)
It's because of paradoxes such as this that will ultimately prove time travel to be impossible - as well as any object achieving the speed of light.
It is implied in the equations that speeds exceeding that of light drives the time factor negative - which assumes you would be going backward in time - which makes the speed of light as a universal constant which can't be equaled or exceeded seem to be a fact more than a theory - and maybe that's a good thing - talk about a paradox, you would be going forward and backward at the same time (!) Who can possibly guess what you'd see if you turned around?
2006-11-02 11:20:59 · answer #3 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this may appear unkind yet people incredibly need to study up on what's widespread and not waste their factors on meaningless questions like those that are so significant right here. The question is incomprehensible because of the fact no the place interior the universe can something return and forth quicker than easy, no longer even in concept. so as Silent has mentioned, you could answer your question in regardless of way your mind's eye needs. in spite of the undeniable fact that it relatively is no longer incredibly actuality, or perchance a probability.
2016-11-27 00:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by bocklund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my theory is that if u could even go faster than light you would have never done it. Because when an oblect is moving at the speed of light its time stops, so if it goes any faster it would go back in time and they never would have gone faster than the speed of light, and that would cause them to be in a constant loop of going back and forth in time. But thats just my theory.
2006-11-02 12:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
And although you can't travel faster than light you will be able to see yourself in the past in a mirror far away. You'll look younger.
2006-11-02 11:01:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't travel faster than light. Them's the rules.
2006-11-02 11:04:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No clue but I can't resist this:
"There once was a man named Dwight
Who could travel much faster than light
He set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night."
2006-11-02 11:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by Rochester 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. because in order for light to refract, there should be a mass to refract from. therefore, if you "moved" faster than light, you would not even see yourself leave or arrive. it is a matter of perception.
2006-11-02 11:03:11 · answer #9 · answered by dunce002917 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No my dear, you would be dead well before you even reached the speed of light!
Kool question though, part of your homework?
LOL Have fun..cheers!
2006-11-02 11:13:37 · answer #10 · answered by Gary H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋