Do light sources suck dark rather than emit light?

Question

I think we have the theory of light backwards. My theory is that all light sources (the sun, fire, light bulbs, ect.) actually suck the dark away, thus making an area lighter.

Look at a flouresent light bulb that's been used a long time, the ends are dark as apposed to a new one. I believe that's because it has sucked so much dark that it's starting to fill up and needs to be replaced. They say the sun will explode in another 3-5 billion years. I believe that by that time it will have sucked up so much dark that it will have to implode. And I'll bet anything that the implosion will throw all that darkness out and make this part of the galaxy much darker.

Answer 1

No, light sources do not suck dark rather than emit light.

Your theory is hilarious! I hope you're not serious.

Answer 2

You are wrong. This has been proven scientifically; light is photons, and darkness is just the absence of photons; it is not a stuff that can be moved around as you are suggesting. The reason the Sun will explode is not because it has sucked up too much darkness but rather because the helium ash in its core will suddenly begin to fuse due to enormous pressures. Also, if one little nova can make this whole area of the galaxy dark, then most of the galaxy would be dark from other novas already.

Answer 3

You, my friend, have way too much time on your hands.
The dark that the fluorescent tube sucks up is necessarily compressed and stored in the bulb. After all, in a very finite amount of time, it sucks the dark out of an entire room when I hit the switch.
That's why a used, fluorescent bulb is considered hazardous - if it gets broken, all of that dark is released and the expansion (countless rooms full of dark) might cause a sonic boom and a chain reaction. We could be thrown into darkness for years if enough of it were to be released simultaneously!

Answer 4

There is enough evidence of "something" being pushed out of light sources, with sufficient force to act on things (like the dust in comet tails).

Most fluorescent tubes emit UV light: a coating on the inner surface of the glass tube absorbs the UV energy and re-emits it as visible light. This coating gets depleted, especially near the ends (where the UV activity and static electricity are at maximum).

The Sun will not explode (nor implode -- you seem to jump from one to the other). It will puff up to a red giant over thousands of years (not in an explosion).

Answer 5

That can't be true because dark would have to come from someplace. If a bulb sucks up the dark where does the dark come from when the bulb is turned off?

Answer 6

Light sources emit light. Your "theory" is way off base, in fact it isn't a theory at all. Take a physics class & learn a few things.

Answer 7

see in the dark, emitting a large amount of light would make it easier for one to find you if you didn't want to be found.

Answer 8

Both are the same.

When there is light, dark will not be there and when there is dark there is no light.

In that sense, your theory is not new. It will work well.

Answer 9

I think your question is sucking all the intelligence out of the room.

Answer 10

no, but massive objects block antigravity. (j/k)