Bullgrit
Adventurer
In reading some stuff recently because of ideas from a couple other science threads here, I just learned something that surprises me and explains a lot.
The "speed of light" -- 186,000 miles per second -- is not the physics law I always thought it was. It's not the "speed of light" that is the limit, it is the 186,000 mps that is the limit. That is, the ultimate speed is not limited to the speed of light, but rather the speed of light is limited to the ultimate speed.
I'd always thought it was the properties of light that limited speed, but it's the speed that limits light and everything else. I was always told, "Nothing can travel faster than light." But actually it's, "Nothing can travel faster than 186,000 mps." This limits light, as well as other things. It could be called the "speed of gravity" just as accurately.
This may be an obvious concept to some, but it actually puts things into more clear understanding to me to know that the speed limit is the reverse of what I thought for all these years. Calling it the speed of light put more emphasis on light than the physics speed law should have.
Am I understanding thespeed of light ultimate speed correctly, now?
Bullgrit
The "speed of light" -- 186,000 miles per second -- is not the physics law I always thought it was. It's not the "speed of light" that is the limit, it is the 186,000 mps that is the limit. That is, the ultimate speed is not limited to the speed of light, but rather the speed of light is limited to the ultimate speed.
I'd always thought it was the properties of light that limited speed, but it's the speed that limits light and everything else. I was always told, "Nothing can travel faster than light." But actually it's, "Nothing can travel faster than 186,000 mps." This limits light, as well as other things. It could be called the "speed of gravity" just as accurately.
This may be an obvious concept to some, but it actually puts things into more clear understanding to me to know that the speed limit is the reverse of what I thought for all these years. Calling it the speed of light put more emphasis on light than the physics speed law should have.
Am I understanding the
Bullgrit