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The speed of light (mander.xyz)
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[–] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think the answer is that you are only traveling at almost light speed from reference frame of your start position.

The light of the lamp travels at light speed from your own reference speed which to you in a vacuum is 0.

Anyone correct if wrong please?

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Correct. Physics gets really, really weird at relativistic speeds. Something to keep in mind is that the speed of light isn’t actually the speed of light itself, but rather the speed of causality - the universe’s hard limit at which any interactions can occur. Even if you are traveling at .99c from a certain reference frame, space time itself warps in such a way that light traveling away from you is still measured at 1c

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