One rule of relativity is that the speed of light remains constant from all reference points. However, consider the case of four objects A, B, S, and O. O will be our own reference point. S is held still, and A and B have the same velocity approaching lightspeed. From A’s viewpoint, B would be motionless while S would be moving away from it. This is all simple.
Now, what happens if A and B are both moving at lightspeed in the same direction and neither is ahead of the other in the direction they are moving(From the perspective of something placed directly between them)? (I know that technically nothing could observe from lightspeed, but this is theoretical so be quiet about that. It doesn’t solve the problem to say it has no real-life applications.) A would perceive itself as being held still, but it would perceive S as moving at the speed of light. This presents a problem: if lightspeed is constant for all reference frames, how is S moving at lightspeed in one reference frame but not moving at all in our own? Things get even more complicated when you look at A’s perception of B. If lightspeed is constant for all reference frames, then A must perceive B as far ahead of A, while B must perceive A as far ahead of B. Clearly these cannot be both accurate, unless some sort of quantum shenanigans are going on (considering that neither A nor B can have any mass this seems possible.)
One thing that occurred to me about this is, if relativity treats space and time as the same, it would be reasonable to think of lightspeed as a vector through space time (a.k.a. everything moves through space time at a speed up f c). However, since light does take time to travel through space, this means light must be slightly angled into the time dimension as well. This means it would be possible to have something traveling even faster through space if it did not travel through time at all, though of course a constant position in time would make something unobservbale, which seems to semi-negate the problem. (I wonder if, when something goes into a black hole, it actually gets to this speed through space, so information isn’t deleted, it’s just held still. Might bring this up another time.) (Also this would imply a minimum unit of time)
