Do photons travel instantaneously?

[Stevexyz]

It does provide answers and you were given them multiple times. You are not reading what others are saying.

Perhaps you could summarise them for me and others would have kindly posted here.

 

[Ibix]

Perhaps you could summarise them for me and others would have kindly posted here.

You cannot define time for a photon. Thus asking about its experience of time is meaningless.

 

[anuttarasammyak]

Some photons are traveling since the birth of the Universe and keep going forever. Some circularly polarized photons are created at light bulb, go 1m and annihilate in my eyes. @Stevexyz if photons were able to have conscience, would they recognize their life time forever/a period/zero period ? I am sorry for a silly story.

 

[Stevexyz]

You cannot define time for a photon. Thus asking about its experience of time is meaningless.

Is it therefore pointless trying to use special relativity to understand the "nature of time" for photons for other massless particles?

 

[weirdoguy]

Is it therefore pointless trying to use special relativity to understand the "nature of time" for photons

It's special relativity that tells us that you cannot define time for photons. This whole discussion is getting pointless, you're not trying to understand what people are saying.

 

[fresh_42]

The question, although inconsistent in itself, has been answered as good as possible ...

You cannot define time for a photon. Thus asking about its experience of time is meaningless.

... and we're running in circles.

Thanks for participating.

 

[Nugatory]

Is it therefore pointless trying to use special relativity to understand the "nature of time" for photons for other massless particles?

Not pointless - Special Relativity is the best starting point. But you will have to learn what SR says and to do that you’ll want to put some effort into a working through a good textbook; my favorite is “Spacetime Physics” by Taylor and Wheeler.