Interesting points.
Every thing I have read assumes that time slows the faster you travel, and that time stops when you reach the speed of light. Can you explain to me why you feel different?
also, you have probably heard of the event horizon, the exact point at which light cannot escape a black hole. What happens to time at this point?
Does light have mass. If I remember correctly from my physics classes (keep in mind, i'm only an amature at this) light has both wave and partical properties. The Photons that make up light must have a mass, you are right. Why else would light be bent or even dragged into a black holes gravity if it did not have mass. How can photons travel at that speed, good question-- any answer?
The inertia question is also interesting, sounds promising, i'll get right on it LOL.
Speaking of black holes and the event horizons, i found this quote...
outside a black hole "spacetime is like a piece of wood impregnated with water. In this analogy, the wood represents space, the water represents time, and the two (wood and water; space and time) are tightly interwoven, unified. The singularity and the laws of quantum gravity that rule it are like a fire into which the water impregnated wood is thrown. The fire boils the water out of the wood, leaving the wood alone and vulnerable; in the singularity, the laws of quantum gravity destroy time, leaving space alone and vulnerable. The fire then converts the wood into a froth of flakes and ashes; the laws of quantum gravity then convert space into a random, probabilisic froth. Kip S. Thorn Black Holes and Time Warps 1994
Jay
PS, if we can travel faster than the speed of light one day, don't you think we also would have found a cure for baldness? |
