If you shine a flashlight forward while travelling on the bow of a ship going at the speed of light, will the light go anywhere?
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The light would still shine forward at the speed of light. The speed of light through empty space is constant.n_v said:
One would have to take into account though the effects of time dilation and length contraction within the 2 different frames of reference (on the ship and off the ship).
Do a Google on Relativity Time Dilation for more info.
Why have only the men responded?
I can answer that:
Cuz they are smart enuff to realize the question really is a waste of friggin time as no one in our life time will ever travel at the speed of light! LOL
Us guys on the other hand can spend hours and hours talking about anything or nothing at all lol
BTW logically speaking: the beam of light you are holding in your hand will still travel at the speed of light away from the boat. If someone were on a stationary object then, in relation to them, it would be travelling at twice the speed of light.....
If you really want to get more realisitic:
If you were on a train travelling at 650 feet per second, and fired a gun backwards along the length of the train, a bullet that also travels at 650 feet per second would you hurt someone standing beside the train on the ground? (taking into consideration that you actually aimed at them)
I can answer that:
Cuz they are smart enuff to realize the question really is a waste of friggin time as no one in our life time will ever travel at the speed of light! LOL
Us guys on the other hand can spend hours and hours talking about anything or nothing at all lol
BTW logically speaking: the beam of light you are holding in your hand will still travel at the speed of light away from the boat. If someone were on a stationary object then, in relation to them, it would be travelling at twice the speed of light.....
If you really want to get more realisitic:
If you were on a train travelling at 650 feet per second, and fired a gun backwards along the length of the train, a bullet that also travels at 650 feet per second would you hurt someone standing beside the train on the ground? (taking into consideration that you actually aimed at them)
Between Lorenz-Fitzgerald contractions and uterine/vaginal contractions, i prefer the latter!xarir said:
