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Recent articles in Scientific American have talked about traveling faster than light.
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| 03/20/05
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Posted on 03/20/2005 8:31:45 PM PST by KevinDavis
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To: corkoman
Yes, but it may be necessary to ship out the nay-sayers so we can go about our explorations unhindered. :)
Besides, they're an embarassment to our species.
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:52:56 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: maestro
God also created us, but we apparently have to work a little harder at achieving it.
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:53:04 PM PST
by
SengirV
To: RightWhale
> Goedel proved that we can travel anywhere in time
I did not know this. Can you elaborate or point to a web reference?
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:53:22 PM PST
by
old-ager
To: KevinDavis
But if we're traveling faster than light at night and turn out headlights on, what happens?
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:54:39 PM PST
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: Paul C. Jesup
the side effect of the research proofed that the exact speed of light is not a constant and can change given the enviroment it is in We've known for quite some time that light slows down while traveling through various media. That's the reason for refraction in water or glass, for example.
I haven't heard of anything that increases light's speed.
To: old-ager
There is a new book, Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel -- by Rebecca Goldstein. About $15. Biographical with philosophy, written by a philosopher. Good writer, too.
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:57:52 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: RightWhale
But we need spice to bend space, have we found it yet?
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:58:25 PM PST
by
DB
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To: maestro
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posted on
03/20/2005 8:58:52 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: KevinDavis
Pioneer is leaving the solar system at a faster-than-expected rate. One speculation is that light may be faster than established out there, making interstellar travel that much easier.
To: KevinDavis
You wanna travel in the multi-verse and see some outta this world sights?
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:01:45 PM PST
by
prophetic
("I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."--Dan Rather)
To: DB
No, we're still looking at it wrong. If another fearsome threesome like Goedel, Einstein, and Heisenberg ever come into our midst again, maybe they'll be able to furnish us with the right spectacles like Rowdy Roddy.
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:03:04 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: KevinDavis
I read this article next year
To: KevinDavis
Well, I can give you something right now that travels much much faster than light, in fact it appears to have infinite speed; Gravity.
The planets react to the instantaneous position of other planets even though the time for light to travel between them may be hours, days, weeks or months. If there was a lag in the reaction because of the light speed, many planet orbits would fly apart in spirals. Funny, nobody make a fuss about this because it has always been this way.
To: RightWhale
Goedel proved that we can travel anywhere in time, and that means time is an illusion. We're just not looking at it right."A few 'shrooms can usually help with that.
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:06:27 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: KevinDavis
Fascinating.
Add me to your ping list, please...
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:07:48 PM PST
by
THX 1138
To: FreedomCalls
We have seen some people try that. They don't seem to go anywhere and they are still there when they recover from the toxicity. If they recover.
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:09:42 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: Paul C. Jesup
No, flat spacetime speed of light is the issue here.
Not about subjecting it through gasses.
A fork travels through a chocolate cake faster than the speed of light. Think about it.
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:11:19 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(Islam. Religion of peace, and they'll kill you to prove it.)
To: det dweller too
Listen to you guys and we can't even protect a sweet woman from being executed by judge and you're talking about zapping around at the speed of light--blahblahblahblah...
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:11:26 PM PST
by
brushcop
To: durasell
It hits you right in the face.
To: det dweller too
Not necessarily, however, there is an experiment being conducted in space at this very moment that should be able answer this conclusively within a year or so.
http://www.gravityprobeb.com/
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posted on
03/20/2005 9:12:51 PM PST
by
Trityn
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