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davidgow77 · 02-25-2006, 06:50 PM

Philosophically speaking, I think that seeing the speed of light as an actual "speed" is a flawed concept. If you look at the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, it would make sense to see the speed of light as actually a "lack of location". In this sense, the less we know about something's location, the more we can know about its speed, which in turn is why we can say that the speed of light can be measured very acurately as being just below 300,000 m/s.

This gives rise to the question "does light accelerate". I beleive it does not.

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davidgow77 Blue Belt Status: Offline Posts: 107 Thanks Given: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Join Date: Sep 2004 Rep Power: 16	02-25-2006, 06:50 PM Philosophically speaking, I think that seeing the speed of light as an actual "speed" is a flawed concept. If you look at the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, it would make sense to see the speed of light as actually a "lack of location". In this sense, the less we know about something's location, the more we can know about its speed, which in turn is why we can say that the speed of light can be measured very acurately as being just below 300,000 m/s. This gives rise to the question "does light accelerate". I beleive it does not.