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Old 02-17-2014, 04:48 PM   #1
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uh ... light can't stand still - that's the premise of special rel - it goes at c regardless of frame of reference. that's why time slows - to make d= st work. it's the whole "what happens when i'm traveling at the speed of light and turn on my headlights" thing, just rephrased.
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uh ... light can't stand still - that's the premise of special rel - it goes at c regardless of frame of reference. that's why time slows - to make d= st work. it's the whole "what happens when i'm traveling at the speed of light and turn on my headlights" thing, just rephrased.

Yes, except that breaks down in a hypothetical scenario where time is standing still.

Think the reality is that time doesn't stand still and nor does light. But if time did stand still light simply has no velocity since velocity is distanced travelled over time and in that scenario there is no time.
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