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Re: What is the speed of light????

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On 1/31/2023 8:00 PM, Jim Pennino wrote:
> In sci.physics The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> 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. There is a "maximum speed of light" and there
>>> is a so far established minimum speed of light. Both of those, as well
>>> as all intermediate speeds detected, are conditional.
>>>
>>> The question you have been asking repeatedly is similar to "what is the
>>> IQ?" That too is conditional. Or "What is the drowning depth?"
>>> Conditional also.
>>>
>>>> Does anything else travel faster in the universe, or does light travel
>>>> faster in the universe?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I mean, I don't live in "a space entirely devoid of matter", nobody
>>>> does.
>>>
>>> Repeating yourself as you do in this article is one of the signs of
>>> old age dementia. Congratulations on achieving that milestone.
>>>
>>>> I don't trust anyone who keeps repeating...",in a vacuum" all the time.
>>>> Yous sound brainwashed.
>>>
>>> Your ability or inability to trust has no bearing on anything. Your
>>> inability to understand the answer provided explains your status in the
>>> pecking order around here. There are moments when Mitch makes more sense
>>> than you do.
>>>
>>> If you cannot understand the answer given here (and given before) then
>>> even considering the very liberal nature of the charters of these
>>> newsgroups you should not be attempting to participate here.
>>>
>>> At this point you are a strong candidate for the 2023 Darwin Award. You
>>> can easily win if you just hang in there.
>>
>> another one who don't know what the speed of light is...a mind entirely
>> devoid of answers.
> 
> Bugs Bunny said it best, "What a maroon."

He doesn't understand that either.

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