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Reply #127: Let me give a better explanation of the speed of light.
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Mon Mar-21-11 07:24 PM
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127. Let me give a better explanation of the speed of light. |
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An electron behaves like a wave in many ways.
The wave has a relative speed for the front, the collapsing of the wave as it propagates and the rear end of the wave.
The apparent speed of the collapsing portion of the wave can exceed the speed of light in a medium (like water) relative to the movement of the package as a whole. But the electron itself does not travel faster than the speed of light (I assume you mean in a vacuum so it's constant and finite).
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