2007-04-13 16:10:12 · 7 answers · asked by Jay M 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I'll let you know after I catch a light wave and ask it.
2007-04-13 16:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by sevenletters4me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A light "wave" doesn't because a wave isn't a physical thing. But do the photons experience time? Hm. Good question.
2007-04-13 16:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It takes time for light to travel across a medium. For example, it takes 8 minutes for the sun's light to reach the earth. And when you see a star in the evening, you are actually seeing what that star looked like thousands, millions, and even billions of years ago becuase it takes so long for that light to reach us. The fact that light takes time to travel allows us to have a large unit of measure known as a lightyear. A lightyear (actually a measurement of distance) is the distance light will travel over the course of one year.
2007-04-21 00:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Just Curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it hard to understand the consequences of experiencing time. Without attenuation, the wave would just continue as long as energy was being transmitted. With some attenuation, time would begin when the attenuation occurred.
2007-04-13 16:15:45 · answer #4 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would think not since it goes at the speed of light
2007-04-13 16:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by dylan k 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Things don't "experience" events. "Experiencing" something is a psychological event.
2007-04-13 16:15:34 · answer #6 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sure
2007-04-21 10:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by linda r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋