I have never bought the idea that time is equivalent to the speed of light. Simple visual observation does not equate time in my book. It is the same with audible. I see an explosion, but I don’t hear it yet.
I do, however get on a more fundamental level, the idea of “traveling faster” than the elemental forces that hold atoms together, which indeed seems to break laws and ideas.
I guess I have never delved in to the intricacies of time/electromagnetics on a macro/micro comparison.
Anyone else see my objection?
I see your objection, and raise you one bewilderment.
Common sense is that set of prejudices we acquire before age 18. - Attributed to Albert Einstein.
I'm not quite sure I understand your objection, I think you do not accept the results of special relativity, whatever you understand them to be. The problem with your "objection" is that it clearly contradicts observations. Relativity has withstood every test thrown at it and bounced back stronger than ever. GPS systems are engineered to accommodate both General and Special relativity and works better than its designers could have hoped. See this article for the results of a famous test of the predictions of relativity theory concerning time.