> David Leeper wrote :-
>
> >
> > The speed of light is variable at the Quantum Level. It
> > will average out to "c", but is not required to always
> > equal "c".
> >
>
> I'm no physicist but...
>
> Isn't there a minimum wavelength for light such that even one
> cycle is bigger that an atom?
>
> I always thought that that was the reason why we use electron
> telescopes.
>
> ------------------
> Hakeeb A. Nandalal
> nanco@trinidad.net
> - "Homo Repletus"
> ------------------
There's a fine point here.
Sure, light can travel faster than c--if no-one's looking!!!!!!!!
Virtual particles have the same problem.
We'll never *observe* it travelling verifiably faster than c.
Supraluminal jets from almost quasar-distance galaxies notwithstanding....
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