Light & Energy: Highest Velocity of All Matter?

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The discussion centers on the concept of energy and its relationship to velocity, specifically questioning whether the purest form of energy would have the highest velocity of all matter. Participants clarify that there is no definitive "purest form of energy," and emphasize that energy itself does not possess velocity. Instead, it is the particles, such as photons, that exhibit velocity, with photons being recognized as the fastest particles in the universe.

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If energy causes to things to "move faster" would'nt the purest form of energy have the highest velocity of all matter, even faster than photons, or are photons the purest form of energy?
 
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shenanigans said:
If energy causes to things to "move faster"

But it doesn't always do that. For example, sometimes an energy increase causes things to "be higher" (as in a gravitational field).

would'nt the purest form of energy...

There is no "purest form of energy"...

...have the highest velocity of all matter,

...and energy doesn't have a velocity.
 
thanks for makin me feel retarded :-p
 

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