I know that's what people say, but let's think it through. If photons are timeless, then why does the distance formula apply to them?Photons are massless. Relativity doesn't apply to objects with no mass.
They are also timeless, since they travel at c, a velocity for which there is no time.
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I know that's what people say, but let's think it through. If photons are timeless, then why does the distance formula apply to them?
distance = speed * time
A photon has a different position at different times, which is exactly the opposite of timeless.
Hmm, maybe physics isn't for me. Perhaps I'll have better luck with the LOA & Atlantis thing.I know that's what people say, but let's think it through. If photons are timeless, then why does the distance formula apply to them?
distance = speed * time
A photon has a different position at different times, which is exactly the opposite of timeless.
That's not the distance formula.
I get what you're saying, but the photon itself has no time. The observer, who is not traveling along with the photon, does experience time (of course.)
Your observer is the one doing the measurement. The calculation is meaningless at c. The observer is not at c.
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I know that's what people say, but let's think it through. If photons are timeless, then why does the distance formula apply to them?
distance = speed * time
A photon has a different position at different times, which is exactly the opposite of timeless.
That's not the distance formula.
I get what you're saying, but the photon itself has no time. The observer, who is not traveling along with the photon, does experience time (of course.)
Your observer is the one doing the measurement. The calculation is meaningless at c. The observer is not at c.
Harte