Although nothing can travel faster than light (except light itself in the strange world of relativity) darkness is always there just before the lights come on... how?
2007-09-21 01:43:15 · 14 answers · asked by angelusbalthazar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Remember that the human-ability to detect radiation is limited. Visible light being present between the infra-red and ultra-violet radiation on a radiation chart.
Darkness exists due to an absence of light or radiation. It is wrong to say that darkness has any form, shape or speed, since its existence is purely a perceptual argument based on a lack of detectable radiation.
The concept of a black hole exhibiting properties that would make it faster than light is nonsensical - the black hole is a theoretical point where gravity is so super-dense that no radiation can escape its pull (Dr Stephen Hawking has put forward a theory that black holes are not truly black - they are grey, since they provably leak radiation - nothings perfect, after all).
The tachyon particle is theorised to exist only at speeds exceeding that of light.
You can plough your own way through the information on tachyons on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon
Hope this helps
[ Beam me up, Scotty... ]
2007-09-24 11:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by cornflake#1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darkness is not a "thing", it is "nothing". No thing is faster than light. When there is no light, we can say "light has gone".
We can not say darkness has come. This is a logical thinking of a pessimist. When a window has two doors, and one door is closed, we will say "half the door is closed", not "half the door is opened". The expression darkness is "coming" or "going" is not at all scientific. For the purpose of arguments one can go on arguing.
2007-09-21 02:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by Joymash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think about it, the speed of light is relative to darkness: Radiation is relative to gravitation, just as acceleration is relative to gravity. Therefore, light (radiation) is the expression (relative) of gravity (darkness), where it originated, and travels at a speed relative to its origin.
You could say that light goes to where it has already been...as darkness, and darkness reinvents itself as light...all at the same speed
2007-09-21 08:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by starling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry, when the day comes that some theoretical high brow needs faster than light stuff to get his math to work he will tell us what the stuff is.
How's the string theory comin' along....Eleven dimensions didn't work I hear? Maybe that's just not enough. Or maybe some faster than light stuff would help right now....
2007-09-21 02:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by andyg77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
darkness isnt an object or matter. it is actually only the lack of light, therefore, darkness cannopt be faster than light, as darkness is caused bylightmoving away form an area, which id also the speed of light..
2007-09-21 01:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Speed of Darkness is an idiotic thing to think of...
Darkness is the absence of light and absence of light cannot 'travel'...
what u are talking abt is bullsh*t...
2007-09-21 05:12:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no energy in the spectrum our eyes can see. Darkness is probably only so too our senses. A simple way to test for energy we can not see is to turn on the radio because it can detect some of the energy we can not.
2007-09-23 05:50:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Darkness" is the absence of light. Therefore, they both travel at the same speed.
2007-09-21 01:49:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well darkness is the absence of light, so if the lights arent on how can there be any light in the first place?
>.<
2007-09-21 01:48:57 · answer #9 · answered by Sir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is by far the stupidest "science" question I have ever heard. If you think you were being smart for asking this, think again.
2007-09-21 03:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋