No? The idea is what if the mass of the photon is just SO SMALL that the amount of relativistic mass it would gain approaching the speed of light wouldn't slow it down in time before it reached the actual maximum speed of the universe, so that essentially, when a certain speed (OR QUANTUM) is...
Thanks, that actually cleared things up in terms of the usage of the concept, however, if its mathematically possible for a photon to have a mass that's just so small its insignificant, why does everyone assume its just massless?
I, like many others, have always wondered whether photons truly massless or if their mass is just so small that its irrelevant? And of course, if they truly are massless, then how can black holes attract them?
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?98056-Upper-limit-to-photon-mass <--...
I did get such a warning, and I admit that I misinterpreted the point of this site. However, I'm sure you're aware that you eventually reach a point in physics where it stops being science and becomes more of a religion, and quite frankly every (philosophized) idea started out as just a theory...
Couldn't you create a mathematical theory based off the bending of space in the presence of large amounts of gravity? Furthermore, how can space possibly bend without it being comprised of particles?
I never said objects can't occupy the same space, I said objects can only occupy SO MUCH space, ie why isn't a photon the size of the entire universe, or why does it stop at a specific size?
The specific space an object occupies. However, the fact that an object can only occupy so much space implies that space can be quantified, and would theoretically have a limit for how small it can be broken down, like matter, would it not?
Couldn't one argue that the fact that the idea of a "location" exists in space as evidence? Otherwise, how could anything possibly be located anywhere?
Weve never proven where gravity physically is either, yet we know it exists, so it could just be on a subatomic level we've yet to access, and yes its a measuring scale but that's the point, the fact that we CAN measure everything using mathematical relationships means that they're an important...
I have actually studied physics extensively and I figured that this site would be the place to put my ideas up against scrutiny considering none of my peers or teachers have any knowledge or interest beyond g12 physics.. so my question to you is that what do you mean by "made up?" (lol) and...