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How do we know the speed of light is constant? Is it possible that we only perceive it as constant?

Thanks SpaceTiger. Is there any literature you an recommend on this subject?

Is what we are observing, here from earth, a true representation of what is happening in the universe? From what I gather from this forum it seems like light bends, light slows down, does loops, flips, backsummersaults,and pirouettes before it reaches us. How do we know a red shift is really...

Here's a question - Why don't you get off your high horse and be useful to someone who is looking for some information.

It can make the angles of a triangle not sum to 180 degrees. It can stretch things. It can squeeze things. It can do both of the above in different directions. It can cause straight lines to intersect in two or more points. But is it that we observe them to be bent because the light was...

Objects that are at the same radius from the center as we are would be seen as moving towards us as the circumference we share contracts. __________________But what if as matter moved towards the center it was also shrinking and light closer to the center was slower? Then those objects on the...

Is it space that is bent by gravity. Or is it our perception of what we are seeing, bent by gravity? By that I mean, is light being bent, to give us the appearance of things being where they are? Can somone clarify?

Thank you Garth. This is helpful information.

I posted the thread below last night and was promptly shut down by CHROOT (Warren) with the following reply. "The predictions it makes don't agree with reality. Enough said." - Warren. I came to this forum looking for answers and and a better understanding. I came with an open mind and a...