RE: Photon "reference frame" and determinism
September 25, 2016 at 12:52 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2016 at 12:53 pm by bennyboy.)
Yeah, that's my understanding, too.
However, I don't think a photon can actually experience time under any scenario because it instantly reaches light speed upon emission. So it seems to me that a photon is really a kind of wormhole, connecting two points in space, from its reference frame. In essence, it's connecting an atom in the sun to an atom in my eye, rather than a thing that moves, intercepts my eye, and is noticed by me.
However, I don't think a photon can actually experience time under any scenario because it instantly reaches light speed upon emission. So it seems to me that a photon is really a kind of wormhole, connecting two points in space, from its reference frame. In essence, it's connecting an atom in the sun to an atom in my eye, rather than a thing that moves, intercepts my eye, and is noticed by me.
