Speed of Light Relativity

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23mmckenna
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Speed of Light Relativity

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I have heard that the closer you get to the speed of light, the slower things go. Eventually, when you reach the speed of light, time stops. I have also heard that the speed of light is about 186,282 miles per second. These two points seem to contradict. If the speed of light is the stopping point of time, then wouldn't the speed of light be infinite miles per second, since no time would pass as the light travels from point A to point B? This would suggest that this "stopping point" of time would be slightly faster than the speed of light. I understand that the speed of light is viewed as the "universe's speed limit", and matter can't travel at those speeds, but I don't understand this seemingly contradiction between these two ideas.
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