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So I have been wondering about something, this is completely theoretical obviously you cannot sit on a photon but think about this and let's see what you think...
We have a Photon traveling at the speed of light from one point to another. The origination point, a light source 1000 light years from Earth. Now, let's say a traverler is very tiny and sitting on that photon traveling from the light source to Earth.
A) If the photon is traveling at the speed of light, and time slows down relative to the item in transit, 1000 years will have passed on Earth before the journey is complete, however to the traveler, relatively, no time would have passed. So that leaves two questions: 1) For the traveler, how long would it "feel like", he was sitting on the photon? Was it instant, or was he sitting there for a thousand years? 2) If no time would have passed then the photon, and the traveler on the photon would appear to be in more than one place at a time, in fact would he not be in every place within the path at the same time until the photon slows under the speed of light? Is that a paradox?
B) Now let's take the same scenerio as A except slow the photon down so it is moving just under the speed of light, so the entire trip takes 1001 years now. Does that traveler feel as though he has been sitting on the photon for 1 year or 1001 years?
We have a Photon traveling at the speed of light from one point to another. The origination point, a light source 1000 light years from Earth. Now, let's say a traverler is very tiny and sitting on that photon traveling from the light source to Earth.
A) If the photon is traveling at the speed of light, and time slows down relative to the item in transit, 1000 years will have passed on Earth before the journey is complete, however to the traveler, relatively, no time would have passed. So that leaves two questions: 1) For the traveler, how long would it "feel like", he was sitting on the photon? Was it instant, or was he sitting there for a thousand years? 2) If no time would have passed then the photon, and the traveler on the photon would appear to be in more than one place at a time, in fact would he not be in every place within the path at the same time until the photon slows under the speed of light? Is that a paradox?
B) Now let's take the same scenerio as A except slow the photon down so it is moving just under the speed of light, so the entire trip takes 1001 years now. Does that traveler feel as though he has been sitting on the photon for 1 year or 1001 years?