Hey there!
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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
That's my point. We have nothing to compare it to. From our point of view there is only one speed and it is not dependent on any other variable.
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above, you had mentioned ‘a’, the Sommerfeld fine-structure constant, haven’t physics been studying this to see if it is indeed variable to address questions and solve for cosmological problems? String theory calls for a variable in ‘a’ and didn’t John Webb from the University of New South Wales in 1999 detect a variation in ‘a’ using Keck?
Webb, John K.; et al (1999). "Search for Time Variation of the Fine Structure Constant". Physical Review Letters 82 (5): 884–887. American Physictal Society.
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.884. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
M. T. Murphy et al, Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 327, 1208 (2001)
Webb, John K.; et al (2001). "Further Evidence for Cosmological Evolution of the Fine Structure Constant". Physical Review Letters 87 (9): 091301. American Physictal Society. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.091301. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
M.T. Murphy, J.K. Webb and V.V. Flambaum, Mon. Not R. astron. Soc. 345, 609 (2003)
While there is contention as to the results of the observations in the above cite, on going investigation work is taking place to confirm or dispel the reported observations.
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Did anybody say we do really understand it?
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I took this statement below to suggested that just by the information we have, we can understand the mechanism fully.
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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
...there is an absolute speed of light. This little fact gives us plenty of other information that we can go on to determine the whys, hows, and therefores [sic].
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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
Are you saying nobody is trying to understand it?
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I can take these statements from above suggest that there is no real reason to try to understand it.
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Originally Posted by Argos
And I agree with jlhredshift in that science is more suited to explain the 'hows', 'wheres', 'whens', and not the 'whys'. Why is the speed of light c?
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Originally Posted by alainprice
You are asking why the speed of light is the speed of light.
It's like trying to define time; an exercise in futility.
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Is that ok?