So you are saying that the photon moves at c through the fourth dimension x4?
And a photon also moves at c through the three spatial dimensions, as attested to by Maxwell and Einstein's second postulate of relativity.
Ergo, you are saying that light not only has the veloicty of c through the...
Yes, the 4-velocity may indeed not be defined! I agree!
But how is a photon moving relative to the fourth dimension?
Do you agree that photons are real, physical entities?
Do you agree that the fourth dimension is a real, physical entity?
Do you agree that the photon moves at c relative to...
So are you saying that the velocity of a photon through spacetime is 0? Or are you saying that the velocity of the photon through space is 0? Or are you saying that the velocity of the photon through x4 is zero?
Again, I ask, "What is the velocity of the photon relative to x4?" Are you...
I can tell you exactly how I am moving relative to the fourth dimension, depending on the velocity of the vehicle I drive to school.
Do you not agree with this?
Or do you think it is impossible to know? Have you studied Einstein's relativity perchance?
Please do not project your ignorance of...
I made the question *perfectly* precise. It is you who are not being precise. Please share, precisely, what you do not agree with/do not understand about my question:
What is the velocity of the photon through the fourth dimension x4?
Photons are real, physical entities.
The fourth dimension...
Think about it this way.
x4=ict appears in all of Einstein's books on relativity including:
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The Meaning of Relativity
The Meaning of Relativity: Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University, 1921
Einstein's 1912 Manuscript on the...
What is the photon doing relative to the fourth dimension? How does a photon move relative to the fourth dimension? Are you saying we cannot answer this? Do you agree that the photon is a real, physical entity? Do you agree that the fourth dimension is a real, physical entity? So then how...
You write that the following is not true for light: "Relativity teaches us that the velocity of every object is c through the four-dimensional spacetime manifold."
So are you saying that "Relativity teaches us that the velocity of every object is c through the four-dimensional spacetime...
What is the velocity of the photon through the fourth dimension x4?
Photons are real, physical entities.
The fourth dimension is a real, physical entity.
Therefore, photons must have a relationship with the fourth dimension. They must have some velocity relative to it.
What is the velocity...
Thank you very much Peter Donis,
Whenever you or anyone feels like adding a bit of math and physics to your copious words about the forum (instead of about the physics), I would welcome it very much!
Please, let us keep this thread open and let us see some math and physics! Feel free to...
Dear Peter, please use relativity, quantum mechanics, or both to dispel the seeming paradox if you can. Whatever you use, please use math and physics instead of mere handwaving. Thanks!
Nobody has yet given an resolution to the paradox, as I have seen no concrete math nor physics shared--only...
In Eisntein's Relativity he uses lightning bolts as sources of light which are measured by observers. Are you saying that no quantum processes take place in the generation of light from lightning bolts, and that no quantum processes take place in the measurement of said light? How do you...
Good eye Ibix! :) Yes! The ensemble! To get around Peter Donis bullying with the QED he himself does not understand, as happens so often on these forums! :)
What quantum-mechanical observables does Einstein refer to in his book on realtivity where he talks about photons? Are you saying that Einstein's relativity is bunk and BS because he does not mention your "quantum-mechanical observables"?
I'm going to have to side with Einstein over you, who...
Yes the distribution around the ring is uniform in the rest frame of the rocket. That means that there is always an equal probability of the photon being detected at the green detector in the rest frame of the rocket.
In the rest frame of the Earth bound observer, the ring of light must also...