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Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au0QJYISe4c

c isn't defined as the speed of light - light travels at c, but so does everything else, when you factor in movement through time.



Good video! Thanks. c is still defined as "the speed of light" by NIST, even if it's not measured, and even if it's more universal than light. But I get your point (via the video) - photons are particles that move only in space, and not at all in time. Kind of makes your mind bend when you consider the cosmic background radiation hasn't aged a day since the beginning of the universe...and since it comes from everywhere equally, we really are the center of the universe. And so is everwhere else! Fun.




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