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09-10-2005, 12:05 PM
The speed of the Electromagnetic spectrum (light) in vacuum, the limit of speed in the universe, measurement that we denote with the letter c, and that is aproximatelly 300,000 kilometers per second, has been observed, searched, described, used, and given by scientists (to be exact, physicists). Scientists are those who are in search of scientific knowledge, and they do so in the correct manner, which in the scientific method is asking: what, when, who (for social sciences), where, how much, and most importantly for science, how. These are the questions that science makes to things that happne, to experiences, to events. The one last type of questions that is noyt convered by science 8at least until now), is covered by philosophy, and it is WHY. So, I guess that you should search through recent philosophers that have spoken about light and it's speed, and then you might get answers, but most probably no, for philosphy gives tools to reach answers, and then each person gives his/her own answers.
But I think you should have in mind that the speed of light, is just a number invented by human beings. Of course light has that speed, but light doesn't have in it's memory (imagen it had one) "always go at 300,000 km/s" no it doesn't, it has "go at THE speed". |