Photon "reference frame" and determinism

[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.

Still takes 8 minutes.

In our frame of reference, yes.