# Why is the speed of light the speed of light?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-the-speed-of-light/575051 "2011-03-17T18:46:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-the-speed-of-light/575051/40 "2011-03-18T22:09:45Z")

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[Here’s the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=477462).

I think that when you start with binding energy and talk about how it’s converted to EM, you’re already past most people’s technical vocabularies.

I also think that I’ll start a new thread since this is a hijack.

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