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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    and a frame is a specific point in space and time?
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    can you explain what a rest frame please?
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    we see the photon as it left 14 billion light years ago. if you were a photon you would not experience time. but we observe it as moving through space at a finite speed well thank you for making fun of me :)
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    no time passes for light because it has no rest frames
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    how does no time pass for the photon yet we observe a finite speed for light?
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    okay I think I get it, the speed of light appears instantaneous for all observers because it doesn't travel through time even though it has a finite speed through space?
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    you cannot measure the speed of the object that the wave is coming from + the speed of the wave
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    My point is that the consistency of c is just a product of waves and not time dilation or length contraction. Doesn't that have to do with location? and light being much faster?
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    You didn't finish reading what I said about why they are similar. They are similar because wavelength changes from the object emitting them based on the direction of motion. Of course the speed of light isn't going to oscillate the same. One oscillates threw electric and magnetic fields while...
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    Red shifting if it is moving away from you blue shifting it is moving toward you, +frequency=+energy, and I understand m0/sqrt 1-v2/c2 is why it is currently thought that no mass can exceed the speed of light, same for time dilation, but the math is based off the idea that you cannot measure...
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    Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?

    The first postulate is perfect, the laws of physics are the same for all uniform inertial frames of reference. In fact the second postulate is perfect as well the speed of light is constant in all uniform inertial frames of reference. But here is my problem with it, the speed of any wave is...
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    If the speed of light is constant in any inertial frame

    Sorry I didn't think the question through before I posted. I just remembered the wavelength has nothing to do with the speed.
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    If the speed of light is constant in any inertial frame

    If the speed of light is constant in any inertial frame then how do we measure a red shift or blue shift or why?
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    How do you calculate change in time at the speed of light?

    so if you're moving .99c away from the galaxy it would appear to be rotating slower?
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