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If you are traveling .6C away from your point of origin and your friend is traveling .6C away from the same point of origin but in the opposite direction, why are you not traveling 1.2C away from your friend?
No, that's not what happens. You will go faster. But no observer watching you will see you reach c. You definitely won't become a BH.ollybygolly said:So instead of going faster, my mass increases. As my mass increases, I exert more gravity on the space around me. And as my gravity grows time dialates. So in essence I would turn myself into a black hole about the same time I reached the speed of light, if I could get that fast.
I recommend classes, but I can't name any specifics wothout knowing your level of mathematics.Any good free on line physics courses out there? Ones that expain how a particular mathamatician came up with their equations and the proofs they used?
I have a lot of probably stupid questions that I'm sure would be answered by taking some classes.
ollybygolly said:SSo in essence I would turn myself into a black hole
That would conflict with the basics of mathematics: .6c+.6c=1.2c by mathematical definition of addition. What was perhaps not made clear is that you asked about a transformation between coordinate systems.ollybygolly said:[..] in my original question that was ansered in the other thread it shows that .6c+.6c is not 1.2c. [...]
Light speed is the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, which is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second. It is important to understand because it is the fastest speed at which anything in the universe can travel, and it has significant implications for our understanding of time and space.
Light speed is measured using a variety of methods, including experiments with lasers and mirrors, observations of astronomical objects, and particle accelerators. Tools such as high-speed cameras, spectrometers, and interferometers are used to measure light speed.
Light speed is significantly faster than any other speed in the universe. For example, the speed of sound is only 343 meters per second, and the fastest human-made object, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, travels at a speed of about 17 kilometers per second.
According to our current understanding of physics, nothing can travel faster than light. This is because as an object approaches the speed of light, its mass increases, and it would require an infinite amount of energy to accelerate it to the speed of light.
Light speed has a profound effect on our perception of time and space. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, time slows down as an object approaches the speed of light, and space itself can be distorted by the presence of massive objects. This means that our understanding of time and space is not absolute and can vary depending on our relative speed and position in the universe.