Active Users:367 Time:06/07/2025 01:27:01 AM
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules
Do you think that's what Jonte meant? I don't. aerocontrols Send a noteboard - 12/05/2019 10:54:40 PM

I think he understands physics better than that. I think a photon with the properties Shrike describes will produce 'green' light independent of the medium through which that photon travels.

Perhaps he knows more than I, though. It's not really my field. Roland's observations about optical illusions aren't really relevant.

If Jonte means something like "Sunlight loses red wavelengths and shifts to blue as you get deeper in the ocean", then that has nothing to do with light itself changing, and instead has to do with the water and particulates filtering out some colors while others continue on. 'Red' and 'Blue' don't change - blue pierces the water better and red is blocked. "What is red" does NOT depend on that medium.

If he means that an observer who is travelling away from the light source at relativistic speeds may see a shift in color, that again has nothing to do with the medium.

Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
Reply to message
Get your ass the hell off of my goddam lawn. damookster - 09/05/2019 03:02:49 AM 958 Views
What is it with the obsession about that word? Legolas - 09/05/2019 06:35:49 PM 552 Views
I was involved in a particularly annoying Facebook discussion *NM* damookster - 09/05/2019 08:49:57 PM 248 Views
Ah. Sorry I missed it. Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM* Legolas - 09/05/2019 09:03:31 PM 245 Views
It was a triggering word that was made a triggering word in the US context. Roland00 - 09/05/2019 11:42:27 PM 487 Views
yah aerocontrols - 10/05/2019 02:45:46 PM 513 Views
I hope not on this site / wotmania? Legolas - 10/05/2019 07:23:02 PM 799 Views
No, not there aerocontrols - 10/05/2019 08:36:07 PM 482 Views
Re: No, not there Legolas - 10/05/2019 09:55:45 PM 507 Views
The Soviets were totally communists even if they didn't achieve communism. Tom - 19/05/2019 05:07:28 PM 462 Views
Socialism is the takeover of the means of production by the "people" (in practice, the state). Tom - 19/05/2019 05:06:19 PM 474 Views
Stop being a Fachidiot Mookie Roland00 - 09/05/2019 11:36:51 PM 506 Views
He is far from ignorant about the theory and history of the word. The Shrike - 10/05/2019 02:19:17 PM 491 Views
Release the hounds! aerocontrols - 10/05/2019 02:46:21 PM 434 Views
Do Platonic Ideal Dogs need to read? Roland00 - 10/05/2019 04:11:17 PM 470 Views
thank you damookster - 10/05/2019 04:23:58 PM 503 Views
Define the color Green. Roland00 - 10/05/2019 05:21:10 PM 476 Views
Wavelength: 495–570 nm; Frequency: ~575–525 THz The Shrike - 10/05/2019 08:44:56 PM 499 Views
Now define Green for a person that does not have a Spectrometer. Roland00 - 10/05/2019 08:50:44 PM 536 Views
Admit your defeat and move on. The Shrike - 10/05/2019 09:40:53 PM 490 Views
*NM* damookster - 12/05/2019 05:47:57 AM 226 Views
In what medium? jh - 12/05/2019 10:33:45 AM 561 Views
huh? aerocontrols - 12/05/2019 02:25:10 PM 488 Views
Remember that God Dammed Dress? Roland00 - 12/05/2019 07:46:39 PM 485 Views
Yeah, I do. *NM* aerocontrols - 12/05/2019 10:41:29 PM 215 Views
Light propagates differently in different mediums, though... fionwe1987 - 12/05/2019 08:10:19 PM 792 Views
Do you think that's what Jonte meant? I don't. aerocontrols - 12/05/2019 10:54:40 PM 507 Views
Optical refraction is caused by different speeds of light in different media Floffe - 14/05/2019 02:15:19 PM 488 Views
Ok then. aerocontrols - 14/05/2019 02:33:48 PM 486 Views
if you look at light with a wavelength of 550 nm in water jh - 19/05/2019 04:49:04 PM 571 Views
Well, jh - 19/05/2019 04:43:57 PM 578 Views
Sick your dogs onto me? Roland00 - 10/05/2019 04:24:00 PM 624 Views
Sic. Not sick. I will not have my dogs vomit on you. That's just nasty. *NM* The Shrike - 10/05/2019 06:48:24 PM 239 Views
I wasn't expecting such a prescriptivist approach from you. Legolas - 10/05/2019 10:06:08 PM 483 Views
We have a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. The Shrike - 10/05/2019 02:17:36 PM 507 Views
Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules

Reply to Message

Block Quote Paragraph Quote
Formatting
Smiley Codes