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To: BenLurkin

If there is a single object in the universe traveling at 20% of the speed of light, then we are already traveling at 20% of the speed of light


12 posted on 08/25/2016 9:08:30 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%en)
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To: dsrtsage

Exactly!

Still, my brain hurts.


19 posted on 08/25/2016 9:17:11 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: dsrtsage
If there is a single object in the universe traveling at 20% of the speed of light, then we are already traveling at 20% of the speed of light

Hmmmm, I am going to have to think about that, but I would be surprised if matter falling into a black hole was not traveling at speeds approaching light.

20 posted on 08/25/2016 9:18:50 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: dsrtsage

Oh, man, that is so relative.


30 posted on 08/25/2016 10:14:25 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: dsrtsage
If there is a single object in the universe traveling at 20% of the speed of light, then we are already traveling at 20% of the speed of light

The universe is flooded with photons traveling at the speed of light. Do you feel like you are traveling at the speed of light?

52 posted on 08/25/2016 9:10:28 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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