Soumendra Nath Thakur
June 01, 2025
This post addresses the question: “Why is the speed of light what it is, and why not some other speed?”
In contrast to relativistic theory, Extended Classical Mechanics (ECM) asserts that photons possess a negative apparent mass, which enables them to generate their own antigravitational force. This self-propelling mechanism allows photons to move freely through gravitational fields; gravity does not constrain their motion—instead, it contributes additional energy to photons when they traverse gravitational potentials.
Photons inherently tend toward unbounded velocities, theoretically approaching infinity. However, the limiting factor is not gravity, but rather a Planck-scale threshold, which sets the upper bound for meaningful physical quantities: a maximum possible frequency and a minimum meaningful wavelength. The ratio of these two (frequency to wavelength) defines the maximum meaningful speed, which is observed as the constant speed c. Thus, the speed limit of light is not imposed by spacetime curvature (as in relativity), but by dimensional and energetic constraints defined at the Planck scale, according to ECM.
Relativity maintains the constancy of c by enforcing a mutual compensation between a photon’s frequency and wavelength—this is mathematically consistent, but in ECM, it is viewed more as a convenient wave-based relation than a fundamental relativistic principle.
Accordingly, all electromagnetic waves propagate at the same speed because they are carried by photons, and the *photon itself is the mediator of the electromagnetic force. In ECM, it is the nature and energy constraints of the photon—not spacetime geometry—that determine and preserve this universal speed.
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