It is common to speak of the speed of light as a barrier, a wall that nothing can cross. While correct operationally, this metaphor is misleading ontologically. The speed of light is a constraint on the actualisation of relational potential across events, not a physical wall blocking entities. Framing it as a wall implies substance-like resistance, encouraging mechanistic intuitions. Reality does not “bounce” off the speed limit; it organises itself relationally within constraints, and the light-speed “limit” is a property of these relational structures.
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