On 11/26/2025 at 4:46 PM, jalaldn said:

If light had the property you think it has, this is exactly how it would behave.

I have provided you with an animation and reference images that, to the best of my ability, adhere to established scientific models.* Could you now supply an animation or a mathematical model of the theory or idea you are promoting here?

*) I acknowledge that my version is a simplified representation and has not undergone any formal review.

4 hours ago, jalaldn said:

Even if I don't fully understand what you're trying to say here, I'm responding with the thought that this answer might be correct.

If you believe that when a light source is 11 minutes away (in light-travel time), it takes 11 minutes to notice when the light is turned off, and similarly it takes 11 minutes to notice when the light is turned on, then Ole Rømer could never have discovered that roughly 11-minute discrepancy.

Nothing that he discovered is 11 light minutes away, and once again you are ignoring that the discovery was based on multiple measurements based on different distances. He discovered that it took longer for light to get to us when the distance is greater.

4 hours ago, jalaldn said:

The very fact that Ole Rømer was able to discover it means:

Even though light takes time to travel, everything we see is happening in real time — no matter how far away it is.

You’ve been given examples of how we know this is not true. (GPS relies on light-travel time and GPS works)

You obviously don’t understand the Rømer experiment well enough, and don’t seem interested in learning anything, which means the thread is closed and you don’t get to bring it up again.

You also don’t appear willing to discuss simpler scenarios that would address your misconceptions but are free from the limitations this presents (not a constructed experiment, limited precision, etc.) but in case you are, you are allowed to open a thread to discuss how we know real-time is not the case, and other related topics, using modern examples.