Doesn't time dilation mean that,
from the point of view of the photon, no time at all passes? From our perspective, it may take minutes, years, or millions of years for a photon to get from A to B; but to anything travelling at the speed of light, time dilates and space contracts, such that all travel is instantaneous. That's why faster-than-light travel would imply going backwards in time.
I think.
I'm not sure. This stuff hurts my head.
And god only knows when, as in this vid, you're looking in the rear-view mirror.
( , Fri 17 Feb 2017, 9:55, Share, Reply)
from the point of view of the photon, no time at all passes? From our perspective, it may take minutes, years, or millions of years for a photon to get from A to B; but to anything travelling at the speed of light, time dilates and space contracts, such that all travel is instantaneous. That's why faster-than-light travel would imply going backwards in time.
I think.
I'm not sure. This stuff hurts my head.
And god only knows when, as in this vid, you're looking in the rear-view mirror.
( , Fri 17 Feb 2017, 9:55, Share, Reply)