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Light speed and travel. Did i discovered something new?

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Theoretically if an object reaches the speed of light, from our perspective , the object is frozen in time. So does that mean that from the photons perspective,it took him 0 time to travel from point A to point B? And does that imply that a photon traveling in a straight line from point A to point B is in all places at the same time and the fact that light moves in space is an ilusion caused by the fact that we travel through time? I have a major in computer science so excuse me if this question seems trivial.

Closed as per community consensus as the post is not graduate-level

asked Dec 14, 2017 in Closed Questions by andariel97 (-10 points) [ no revision ]
recategorized Dec 17, 2017 by Dilaton

It is completely wrong. If an object moves with some velocity $v$ from our perspective (reference frame (RF)), it moves with this velocity and it is not frozen in time. If it is free, it moves according to the law: $x(t)=x(0)+v\cdot t$. You see, it is not frozen at all. If it radiates, its frequencies are Doppler shifted in our RF. Please do not ask here such questions, this forum is not for undergraduate physics.

commented Dec 14, 2017 by Who_cares [ no revision ]

This is probably suitable for some other forums, like physicsforums.com.

commented Dec 14, 2017 by Jia Yiyang (2,640 points) [ no revision ]

not graduate+ level. Users with 500+ reputation may vote here to get it closed.

commented Dec 17, 2017 by Arnold Neumaier (15,787 points) [ no revision ]

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