Lawry
Light is emitted from an electron, as it attempts to lose energy, to return
to a lower more stable state, going from a lower ( high energy) quality
situation, to a higher( lower energy) quality situation,
Light is the product of a quality situation change... and that photon of
light always but always leaves that electron at C, what it does after this
is not so important, yes light can slow down, yes light as viewed by
an observer may " appear " to be moving faster than C, but this is not what
I originally stated
When I say time moves forward I don't mean that in any physical direction,
more that it only moves in one "direction".
Rod
on 2/24/02 3:34 PM, Lawrence DeBivort at debivort@umd5.umd.edu wrote:
> Light can, relative to an observer, move faster than its constant, if its
> source is itself moving in such a direction that it augments the speed of
> the light it emits. This is one of the (correct) implications of Einstein's
> hypotheses. Unfortunately, the notion of the constant became translated in
> popular knowledge into an absolute maxium speed.
>
> And, yes, light, can be slowed down as it goes through a resisting medium.
>
> As for time: words like forward, or up, are metaphorical. My own view is
> that, metaphorically, Time is a filter through matter is pushed and
> modified. Aren't words grand? <smile>
>
> Lawry de Bivort
>
> ----
> From Thracian Bard: I must agree that, to the best of my
> knowledge, light does travel at a constant range of speed that is at least
> equal to or greater than zero mps but no greater than 186,000 mps.
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