Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: lbryce

Get two flashlights and tape them bottom to bottom. Turn both on. Beams of light are now traveling at twice the speed of light away from each other.


76 posted on 01/29/2014 12:55:51 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Hillarys Gate Cult

“Beams of light are now traveling at twice the speed of light away from each other.”

Ah, but here is the catch: from what reference frame would you observe that? Without designating a reference frame, you cannot test the predictions of relativity properly.


91 posted on 01/29/2014 1:28:23 PM PST by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies ]

To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Get two flashlights and tape them bottom to bottom. Turn both on. Beams of light are now traveling at twice the speed of light away from each other.

No, because time will slow down so that no matter how you try to observe and measure them, they will be traveling apart at 1X the speed of light only.

115 posted on 01/30/2014 7:52:26 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 76 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson