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Originally Posted by EvilEye
So... after all this math and postulating... A simple yes or no answer should suffice.
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Not quite.
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Originally Posted by EvilEye
If you rode a photon wave... would your trip be instantaneous or would you experience time?
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Using SR it is neither. As Grey pointed out, SR does not allow a reference frame from the photon's point of view. If your velocity is c, you end up with a zero in the denominator. As a result, the equation is not defined. Now, if you want to extrapolate the change in the Lorentz factor, you would end up with the trip being instantaneous. But as Grey and I have pointed out, it really isn't valid, but it does get the point across.
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Originally Posted by EvilEye
I still think it would be like walking through a magical door. (meaning.. instantaneous)
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Yep, pretty much.
