The Ford Barn

Joe K · 12-15-2022, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CA Victoria

I think the clue is in the movie “Back to the Future”

A take on a Stephen Wright routine.

Sort of like his "I named my dog 'Stay'."

Very droll very deadpan humor.

Very funny - in an intellectual sort of way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5e4wvAqhIw

Joe K

Synchro909 · 12-15-2022, 07:37 PM

Sunbad has it.

dansluck · 12-16-2022, 12:00 AM

You will get a flicker in your rear-view mirror as you pass your own light.
Dan

TomInCologne · 12-16-2022, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinbad339

You, as the driver in the car, see the lights come on, and illuminate things in front of you. An observer on the airstrip doesn't see the lights come on, or any illumination.

... and you have a look at your watch and it does not go tick-tack-tick...

DkFordor · 12-16-2022, 03:40 AM

According Einsteins theory of relativity the speed of light is constant in any inertial system. So the driver will see the light travel at the speed of light, so will any observer on the airstrip.

Is it something we can intuitively understand or relate to? No! But our experience may also be misleading us here - afterall, how many of us have traveled at anything resembling the speed of light?

Perhaps Elon Musk could try it out with his orbiting Tesla?

12-15-2022, 07:37 PM	#22
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: ??? Sunbad has it. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

12-16-2022, 12:00 AM	#23
dansluck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Nevada Posts: 217	Re: ??? You will get a flicker in your rear-view mirror as you pass your own light. Dan

12-16-2022, 03:40 AM	#25
DkFordor Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Denmark, Northern Europe Posts: 73	Re: ??? According Einsteins theory of relativity the speed of light is constant in any inertial system. So the driver will see the light travel at the speed of light, so will any observer on the airstrip. Is it something we can intuitively understand or relate to? No! But our experience may also be misleading us here - afterall, how many of us have traveled at anything resembling the speed of light? Perhaps Elon Musk could try it out with his orbiting Tesla?