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Old 08-16-2007, 03:47 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by scaeagles View Post
Interesting....

I admit a bit of confusion , but I have a few questions.

First of all....



How does someone measure this? If I did my math right, normal light speed would mean that 3 feet would be handled in just faster than .000000003 seconds. Is it possible to distinguish between instantaneous and that small of an amount of time?

Secondly, if a photon is a massless particle, than how do Einstein's theories apply? His theory is that it would take infinite energy to propel a mass to the speed of light. Well, it happens with massless particles everytime there is light, so I don't seem to understand why propelling something massless past the speed of light is any different in relation to the theories than propelling something massless to the speed of light. No mass, no problem, right? Am I missing something (a definite possiblity)?

Lastly, has this experiment been duplicated?

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