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Quote# 36703

Maybe we are seeing light that hasn't reached us yet. Why does light
have to reach us for us to see it? Couldn't we see it on it's
approach?

Annonymous, talk.origins 73 Comments [3/25/2008 5:33:02 PM]
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Submitted By: Scienceman123
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#444474
szena

"We can see the moon even though it's far away. I'm sure we can see light even further away since it's so bright."

3/26/2008 2:55:53 AM

#444485


About what I'd expect from a creationist.

3/26/2008 3:12:16 AM

#444608
Higgs Boson

Meh, to be fair, if you don't know that to see light, a photon from the source of light has to stimulate a photoreceptor cell in your eye, that's not really your fault and I can imagine thinking that it would be possible to see light "coming", so to speak. Apparently around 50% of American college students believe in the obsolete "emission theory of light", which says that you see things because your vision is somehow "coming out" of your eyes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12094435?dopt=Abstract

Now THAT is dumb.

3/26/2008 8:33:55 AM

#444619
Jack

Why do we have to reach Disneyland to go on the rides? Can't we go on the rides while we're driving there? It seems like such a waste of time not to multitask.

3/26/2008 9:04:55 AM

#444802
Blayze Kohime

Vision doesn't work that way.

3/26/2008 2:11:28 PM

#444826
Lewisfisher

@Fanatic-Templar

Scienceman123 is the submitter of the comment, not the person who made it.

(This is the one of the reasons why I don't take credit for any of the comments I've submitted. <_<)

3/26/2008 2:24:35 PM

#444829
Ambrielle

*facepalm* *headdesk*... *skullfloor*

3/26/2008 2:28:05 PM

#445117
Poisoned Rationality

Light approaching isn't the same as somebody walking down the street toward you. Gawd.

3/26/2008 6:41:27 PM

#445483
Marie-Annick

SIGHT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY !

3/27/2008 1:42:55 AM

#448651
Marsten

Uhh... home schooling strikes again.

3/29/2008 9:01:30 PM

#449127
Brian X

Bet no one has ever showed this one how you can't see a laser beam without blowing smoke or mist through it...

3/30/2008 6:29:28 AM

#449165
MoqingBird

Fair point. Apparently god doesn't need to exist to talk to these people, so it's not such a stretch to conclude that light wouldn't need to reach them to be seen.

3/30/2008 8:38:59 AM

#529444
Jordan666

No, because you need light to see light. Moron.

6/6/2008 12:49:30 AM

#921158
Evilshadow

No couse it's not here yet. I coulden't see this stupid ass argument coming either...

3/9/2009 3:06:38 PM

#1341943
Quantum Mechanic

My brain hurts.

10/19/2011 12:53:17 PM

#1352822
Quantum Mechanic

Why are people this stupid wasting oxygen?

11/28/2011 10:21:54 AM

#1352915
Tempus

No. If the light hasn't reached you, it hasn't reached you.

Your eyes are essentially photon detectors. Light is made of photons. If those photons don't reach your eyes, then your eyes don't detect them.

Your eyes can't somehow reach out to "grab" the photons en route (Cassiterides, I'm looking at you here. Please take note).

11/28/2011 4:22:45 PM

#1491358


Maybe I'm home but still at work?

1/7/2013 6:46:26 AM

#1491395
Kuno

Maybe

we

are

seeing

light

that

hasn't

reached

us

yet.



Maybe. MAYBE!? MAYBE!?

Sorry, I think my brain just skipped a beat reading this…

1/7/2013 8:06:41 AM

#1491449
xyz

Your eyes don't work that way!

1/7/2013 10:10:45 AM

#1511081
Quantum Mechanic

How DO people this motherfucking stupid manage to find food?

3/2/2013 12:33:29 AM

#1511082
Justanotheratheist

What you're asking is, couldn't we see something before we see it?

The answer should be fucking obvious, even to that brain-dead life form called a fundie.

3/2/2013 12:48:30 AM

#1511092
Swede

Why can we only touch things that are close to us? Why can't we touch them as they approach?

3/2/2013 2:28:40 AM
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