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while I was studying "fermat's principle of least time" I was (and still I am) ntrigued by the fact that "out of all possible paths that it might take to get from one point to another, light takes the path which requires the shortest time". this question may be a bit philosophical but: "how" light "knows" and "chooses" (out of all possibilities) the path which requires the shortest time? these days I am also into generic algorithms so I got this silly thought running through my head: what if light is like some kind of super computer which operates with constant CPU speed 300[km/s] and has some generic alghorithm for choosing the best path!?
thanks!
thanks!