Re: Some physics questions

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From: Dave Griffiths
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 12:24

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In article <6NOV199212364099@csa1.lbl.gov> sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
>
>The speed of light is what it is for *some* reason, or it would have a
>different value!  (I know I'll get flamed for this one.)  I expect that
>this reason will ultimately be accessible to us.
>

Is it possible to make a clock whose speed of running is independent of the
speed of light? I mean, if the speed of light was doubled, would all our clocks
run twice as fast so we wouldn't actually notice? (In the equation E = mcc,
which would be conserved, energy or mass?).

But then as we all know, the speed of light is related to the clock speed
of the universal computer. :-)

Dave Griffiths

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