Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: What is the speed of light???? Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:39:03 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 70 Message-ID: <63DB3E67.4712@ix.netcom.com> References: <63D6CFA3.3C66@ix.netcom.com> <63D9566B.3C4F@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b9fd780cec8be283d4237ae87f4f291c"; logging-data="776742"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18DcV8revjS5PGcAgpyiu+Een3AKcep9XI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:hELoQFKuUXMeD5xXpwuCTSNAmZk= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 230201-14, 02/01/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:600625 sci.physics:869047 whodat wrote: > > On 1/31/2023 11:56 AM, The Starmaker wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > >> > >> I know you're not suppose to ask this question... > >> worse yet, you're not even suppose to answer it.. > >> > >> But since I question the unquestionable, and ask the unaskable,... > >> > >> What is the speed of light, since I don't live in a vacuum..and the universe > >> is not in a vacuum...so What is the speed of light? > >> > >> That number doesn't appear to be anywhere. Are you not suppose to know, ...or even ask? > >> > >> Or even test it to find the answer because it is forbidden to test it and publish it for others to see???? > >> > >> What is the speed of light, since I don't 'live in' a vacuum? > >> > >> Oh, I forgot..most of yous don't know what the definition of a "vacuum" is... > >> so for your convenience I'll post it here...(maybes yous forgots) > >> > >> vac·u·um > >> /'vak?yo?om/ > >> noun > >> > >> a space entirely devoid of matter. > >> synonyms: empty space, emptiness, void, nothingness, vacuity, vacancy, voidness, nihility > >> https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=define+vacuum > >> > >> What is the speed of light, anyway? > >> > > > > I mean, I don't live in "a space entirely devoid of matter", nobody > > does. > > > > And I understand yous have been 'conditioned'/indoctrinated/mandated > > to only think in terms of..."in a vacuum" whenever refering to the speed > > of light. > > > > Maybe because this hangup yous people have to always desire to know what > > is constant. > > > > Yous don't like uncertaintly. So you want a same number ALL the time. > > Yous sleep better. > > > And Einstein sleeps better if he conditions yous to only think in his > > box. > > > > > > But, I don't live in "a space entirely devoid of matter", so what is the > > speed of light? > > Asked and answered, but apparently you are too stupid to read what has > been provided. There is no answer to "what is the speed of light" since > it varies with conditions. What do you mean exactly by "varies with conditions"? What conditions does it vary with?? Can you give an example??? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.