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Re: My instantaneous point of view

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: My instantaneous point of view
Date 2016-08-22 14:29 +1000
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On 22/08/2016 1:26 PM, John Gogo wrote:
> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 10:21:31 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 22/08/2016 1:03 PM, John Gogo wrote:
>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 9:17:46 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else wrote:
>>>> On 22/08/2016 11:42 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 8:31:12 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 22/08/2016 9:41 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 9:40:09 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 21/08/2016 6:17 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It would take about two seconds if go/come to Earth, one
>>>>>>>>> second if one-way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, not instantaneous then.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sylvia.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, not any signal. But, the observation of the "largeness of
>>>>>>> the screen"(determined by maximum visual acuity) is
>>>>>>> instantaneous.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suppose we had a large screen on the Moon, but it was initially
>>>>>> covered up. Then, when a laser pulse hits the retro-reflector,
>>>>>> the large screen was uncovered. Do you maintain that the
>>>>>> largeness of the screen could be observed before the returning
>>>>>> laser pulse reaches the Earth?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sylvia.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, this is what I have been trying to say.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your retina is sensitive to photons. For you to observe the
>>>> photons representing the largeness of the screen before the photons
>>>> in the returning laser pulse, the former would have to travel
>>>> faster than the latter. Why would they travel faster? How would
>>>> they know that they should travel faster?
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> You are treating "retina" like a machine to measure "photons" from
>>> which the very nature of its' meaning is traveling. Don't think like
>>> this. Think about why the object is large as it is and what makes
>>> this possible. Then you go right away to the screen of photons. Don't
>>> do this. Instead, compare the image of the screen- the 1,2,3 in
>>> seconds vs. the signal that the satellite sends back.
>>>
>>
>> There is no image of the screen until the photons from it arrive at the
>> retina.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> Arrive at the speed of light, right? This is the current theory, but it is only a theory. The time it take for photons to leave the source and "fall into the eyes". Trust me, there's more to it than that.
>
It's not "only" a theory. It's a model of the behaviour of light that's 
stood up to every test scientists have been able to devise. There is 
nothing to suggest it's not how light behaves. Your notion, by contrast, 
is just a wild speculation based on nothing at all.

Sylvia.

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        Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-20 13:34 +1000
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            Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-21 12:40 +1000
              Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 16:41 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 11:31 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 12:17 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 13:21 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 20:26 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 14:29 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 20:22 -0700
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-23 08:42 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-24 12:54 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-24 18:52 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-25 16:02 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:05 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:40 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 13:43 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 13:45 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-30 14:18 +1000
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