posted on Jun, 11 2014 @ 03:01 AM
a reply to: Arbitrageur
Does light travel from point A to B in a sinusoidal wave pattern and/or like that 4 sided wave pattern with electric and magnetic field changing?
I believe OP is about; If light created at point A will always reach point B at the same exact moment, regardless of the energy of the light created
at point A, wavelength or frequency, then is it true that the wave or particle created at point A of a higher energy, is traveling through more space
technically to get to point B.
Its like imagine 2 roads from new york to California. One road is very rapidly squiggly back and forth, winding road, the whole way there, and the
other road has a longer wind length. Using the same car, traveling consistently at the same speed, would one not be correct in assuming the less
winded roaded car would arrive at point B in less time?
Now if on the winded road was a ferrari that went constant 100mph and the less windy road was a mini van that went consistantly 30mph, or something
appropriate, then both would arrive at point B at the same time.
If you dont like this car model, could we use the same idea, but instead of driving on the roads, how about the building of the roads. More time and
energy to construct the winding road, that travels through more total space, (quickest path between two points)etc.
Now the point about amplitude, is the less windy road could overcome the distance of the windy road, with sufficiently high amplitude. This is also
a concept I felt being suggested by OP, in wondering, how 'things' with different amplitudes and wavelengths and frequency always cover a distance A
to B in the same amount of time.