Timeline for Would time freeze if you could travel at the speed of light?
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| Feb 9, 2021 at 5:24 | comment | added | Yevgeny Simkin | We have no idea what consciousness is so we have no idea what, if anything, a photon's experience is but I take your point. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 4:30 | comment | added | Quantumplate | Given a photon can't perceive anything, it can't tell when it starts or ends any journey and so this is a little like saying from the perspective of the photon it can't hear anything (a little meaningless). Really what you're saying is from the perspective of an imaginary person travelling along with the photon it would appear instantaneous. While true, nothing can ever achieve that speed, so not possible. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 2:46 | comment | added | Yevgeny Simkin | we can dispense with "reach" and just agree that photons (who only know the speed of light) "arrive" at their destination the same instant that they're created. There is no travel time from their perspective. Very sad existence. :) | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 7:02 | comment | added | Quantumplate | @YevgenySimkin you can never reach the speed of light so the trip can never be instantaneous. | |
| Dec 3, 2018 at 21:59 | comment | added | Yevgeny Simkin | But wouldn't you immediately arrive at your ultimate destination? Meaning assuming you're going to collide with a boulder that's a billion light years away - won't you hit that boulder the instant you reach the speed of light? | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 0:50 | history | answered | Quantumplate | CC BY-SA 3.0 |