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If you could hypothetically stop time, it would indeed affect the behavior of photons and your ability to see. When photons freeze in time, they essentially stop moving, and as a result, no new photons would reach your eyes. In this scenario, you would experience darkness, as there would be no incoming light to stimulate your retina and generate visual signals.

Now, if you were to move towards objects while time is stopped, the frozen photons that were already in the environment would remain in their current positions relative to you. As you move closer to the objects, you would effectively change your perspective, but the frozen photons would not reach your retina because they are stationary in space.

In order for you to see objects, you need photons to interact with them, bounce off their surfaces, and eventually reach your eyes. However, in the scenario of frozen time, photons are suspended in their positions and cannot interact with objects or propagate towards your eyes. Therefore, even if you move closer to objects, the frozen photons would not be able to fall onto your retina, and you would still perceive darkness.

It's important to note that the concept of stopping time is currently purely hypothetical and not supported by our current understanding of physics. The behavior of photons and the functioning of human perception are governed by the laws of nature as we currently understand them.

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