Can light travel faster than itself?

In summary: The momentum transfer from light (i.e. EM waves) to massive objects is well-known, although it is still a topic of debate.
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jonpaulv said:
Create an atom that travels through the emr of light. using the emr as let's say its land or train and then have it run on the emr. Thus traveling faster then the emr. But you would have to have the finishing point of the emr because at some point the train ie light emr would end and it would catch up to the end of it. But if we can do that with preexisting light then we can use it to travel. travel through the lights and bounce from one area to the next utilizing preexisting light.

This is not possible. Light and matter do NOT interact this way.
See the article on Special Relativity on wikipedia for more on the speed of light.
 

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