Erek - very true - you can see that in superconductor fluids -
the spinning beaker. I love this one: you can spin the beaker
but the fluid stays absolutely still. The nuclei of the atoms
are still moving ,but the electrons have almost totally stopped.
Dan - bingo - that's exactly the thing I thunk - anything
"travelling at the speed of light" REALLY isn't moving at all -
it's sitting still (f...rom its perspective) - there is no
space, there is no time for it - its lifespan is over just as it
begun. But we slow creatures get to see "slices of time",
watching the universe unfold in extremely slow motion - rather
like how houseflies must view us - statues they keep landing on
over, and over, and over again, in the EXACT same spot... "