On The Cosmic Speed Limit (c) And Time Dilation
Sven Gelbhaar
2/12/2024
Special Relativity stipulates that there exists a universal speed limit
in the Physical World: that of the speed of light (c). I intend on
falsifying that.
An easy counterargument to this notion — that nature has a speed limt —
would be to shift inertial frames (that is, our reference points for
a system or lone object). Let us suppose that we sent out a light bulb
at the speed of light relative to Earth, which is theoretically possible
in the way we perceive physics at present. What happens then to the light
that is emitted in the direction of travel by the light bulb eminating
said light? From the light bulb’s perspective we still expect the light
to radiate out at c. From an intuitive perspective we must contend
that the light radiating from the relativisticly traveling light
bulb is twice the (traditional) speed of light from the inertial frame
of Earth, the point of origin.
Let’s entertain another example. The Twin Paradox can be extended. In
the paradox, two twins are the same age but one travels off at luminal
or superluminal speed and then returns. The concept of Time Dilation
suggests that the twin which travelled at the speed of light will have
aged less due to his or her traveling at such speeds. What this fails
to take into account, however, is that from the perspective of the
traveling twin, the other twin appears to be accelerating away from
him or her at relativistic speeds as well. Who actually aged more?
Paradoxes should give us pause and make us re-evaluate how we perceive
the world. The obvious suggestion is that Relativity, as it stands
today, is flawed, and we should assume a more cautious, Newtonian,
view of Natural Philosophy.
Take care, dear reader.