Just wondering.
2006-12-09 03:28:07 · 29 answers · asked by dey_denn 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
darkness is absence of light.
so technically it has the same speed of light, as it appears as fast as light disappears.
2006-12-09 03:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by recneps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question was only asked a couple of days ago! Darkness does not have speed and is NOT energy, as others have pointed out darkness is the absense of light - not some kind of opposite force. This confusion seems to arise when scientifically illiterate people think about hot and cold too - cold is not a force and is not some type of energy - it just implies the lack of heat which is a quantifiable kind of energy.
A witty answer is that darkness is faster because wherever light goes it finds darkness already beat it there before it gets out the way (Terry Pratchett's wit, not mine). The simple answer is no.
2006-12-09 13:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually this is a good question.
Let's consider the definition of darkness -the absence of light- . The speed = 0. Now what about the big bang proposition of dark light (huh?)?
A better question: Since a photon needs space to exist, what is the speed of space?
2006-12-09 11:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysthinkin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since darkness is just the absence of light, it has the same speed.
2006-12-09 16:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by chopchubes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darkness is the absence of VISIBLE light. All of space is permeated with invisible radiation, even a dark room. So darkness isn't actually a thing, it is a concept, and an abstract one. There is not a place where there is no radiation, and all electromagnetic radiation travels at the speed of light.
I hope that helps
2006-12-09 11:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by ~XenoFluX 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In "The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear" the speed of dark is explained very well . . . and hilariously.
2006-12-09 11:30:59 · answer #6 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question has been answered, but that raises an unusual question. If darkness has speed, it must be energy like light. So, what if you had no light, and no darkness?
2006-12-09 11:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by Scooter_MacGyver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darkness is defined as the absence of light, so it has no speed
2006-12-09 17:56:08 · answer #8 · answered by b_prince 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as iam concerned -
If light is slowed down , darkness gains in speed .
And this is purely not just speaking from a scientific point of view .
let's be with light .
2006-12-09 11:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by psychic being 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
am not a physician, but may be speed means movement compared to an object that is not moving and this is related to time-
and may be the darkness has the opposite speed of the light...
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2006-12-09 11:40:48 · answer #10 · answered by ThanksBelit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its the same as the speed of light.
2006-12-09 11:30:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋