Godric@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe life of a photonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down127
arrow-up1358arrow-down1imageThe life of a photonlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareSubverb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·edit-21 year agoAnd as they’re massless, photons do not experience time. Regardless of how far a photon travels, from its perspective, the journey takes no time.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoA photon would somehow experience the big bang, the heath death of the universe and everything in-between all at the same time.
minus-squarePseu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt also does not experience space, as the entire universe has been length contracted in its direction of motion into a 2d plane. It is simultaneously occupying every point along its path. So it doesn’t need to experience time.
minus-squaretcrpz@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt also does not experience, as it lacks consciousness
And as they’re massless, photons do not experience time. Regardless of how far a photon travels, from its perspective, the journey takes no time.
A photon would somehow experience the big bang, the heath death of the universe and everything in-between all at the same time.
It also does not experience space, as the entire universe has been length contracted in its direction of motion into a 2d plane. It is simultaneously occupying every point along its path. So it doesn’t need to experience time.
It also does not experience, as it lacks consciousness