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Posted By: Johan Light speed - 10/06/05 11:20 AM
Heard of an experiment where photons (laser i guess) where sent through 2 different paths, one straight forward pathway, and one with twists and corners. Somehow they measured that particles sent simultaneously arrived at the same time. This would mean that "light" in the second path had a longer distance to travel than in the first path. Does this mean that the second path particles travelled faster than the light in the first case? eek
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Light speed - 10/06/05 11:52 AM
No no no
Everything happens other than the change of speed of light...
Posted By: Uncle Al Re: Light speed - 10/06/05 04:24 PM
Give a reference for the rest of us to read. Your summary is illucid. It sounds like you mixed the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox with brownie mix and then lit it off with charcoal starter. Nothing remains but smoke and stink.

There is a difference between a signal arriving and photons arriving. The energy in coax cable, for instance, is not in the conductors.
Posted By: Johan Re: Light speed - 10/10/05 01:29 PM
Well, I found this by some of the same authors. Not excactly what I was describing, but it's nevertheless interesting material!

http://www.deas.harvard.edu/haulab/

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