Re: How Does Light "Know" How Fast to Travel?

Bruce Scott TOK wrote:
> >How Does Light "Know" How Fast to Travel?
>
> Light doesn't "know" anything. Propagation at c is a property of
> spacetime, not the thing doing the propagating.
>
> cu,
> Bruce
>
> drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/

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Saying: "Propagation at c is a property of spacetime", obviously
creates the condition where spacetime is continually in the act of
propagating, and that this "propagating action of spacetime" is what
actually causes the light to move, as it [moves along with] this
"continual spacetime propagating action".

However, as we all remember from our high school grammer: "propagating"
is an "action" verb obviously further requiring the condition that this
spacetime you describe here further be defined as a continually active
propagation, in order to furnish a "property" (or condition) with which
to allow the light to move, since light continues to always move out
into space at "c".

This means that this spacetime you describe here (having the property
of continual propagation) must therefore be continually "ACTIVE" in
order to provide the continual action necessary to move the light
(since, as you said) the light doesn't know anything and can not move
by itself.

Consequently, what you have now physically defined here, with this
"Propagation at c is a prpoerty of spacetime", is a description of a
"ACTIVE" spacetime, NOT the "STATIC" spacetime of Relativity (please
refer to Light Cone Diagram).

So are you now saying that Relativity is incorrect since it uses a
"STATIC" spacetime in the Light Cone Diagram, since you seem to be of
the mind that an "ACTIVE". or "continually propagating" spacetime is
necessary for the propagation of light.

Thanks in advance.

all the best,

Jeff

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