'We have broken speed of light'

Telegraph ^ | 8/16/07 | Nick Fleming

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

What?

Have read that gravity travels at the speed of light.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

In contrast with Macroevolution, relativity can be subjected to the scientific method, and has withstood many experiments.

[ReignOfError]

At one time surgeons scoffed at the idea that it was a good idea to wash their hands before conducting surgery. That is the problem with only believing in what can be empirically proved.

The benefit of antiseptic surgical practice could be and was empirically proved, notably by Dr. Joseph Lister. It wasn't taken as a matter of faith.

[Quix]

Hmmmm . . .

So . . . the speed of light has been broken.

Well!

I’m sure her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous . . . Shrillery de Fosterizer de Marx de Machiavelli de Stalin would be happy to try and fix it. She’d only need a few $Triollion to get started. . . . for the children, of course.

= = =

Someone ought to ask her a question along those lines in an intense moment at a question and answer session. We might be able to get her to say something really stupid.

[UCANSEE2]

Well, at least the broom finally ended up in the right spot.

[UCANSEE2]

What if I changed my mind and didn’t hit the switch?

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Then the cat would be dead.

[djf]

This is a well known prediction of QM.

[UCANSEE2]

Then why does a photon drive work?

Why does the black and white planar surface inside a sealed globe spin (see any hobby shop for your very own model)????

Why does the solar ‘wind’ cause the tail of comets???

Would you believe it if I told you most of our current scientific theories about the inner workings of the Earth, about the solar system and the galaxy, and the universe, and the limitations we accept, are totally incorrect???

[UCANSEE2]

Like I said earlier, if they truly “broke the speed of light” then the light arrived before it even left the point of origin. Totally impossible.

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My question is.... How did they break the speed of light, if they were using ‘light’?

The speed of sound was broken, not by sound, but by something we propelled faster than sound.

so.......

[UCANSEE2]

Like I said, how can something arrive before it leaves?

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Consider your relatives. They arrive and you wish they left before they came.

[Smokin' Joe]

For instance, an astronaut moving faster than it would theoretically arrive at a destination before leaving.

And get back just as fast?

Poor schmuck would probably get paid by the hour, too...

[capitalist229]

it appears to me they've just confirmed that the M Theory is correct and alternate universes do exist

We have a winner.

The Elegant Universe

BUMP

[Smokin' Joe]

When I tried to discuss the speed of gravity with my physics prof in college, he threatened to flunk me if I ever brought it up again. (HA! Final grades have been in for a long time... )

That's what you get if you mess with their gods...

[Hoodat]

Do photons have mass?

Only when they stop moving.

[Reaganesque]

Sorry, I was just trying to run with the joke...LOL! Your first response reminded me of a joke Steven Wright once told about a job interview he had:

I was in a job interview and I opened a book and started reading. Then I said to the guy, "Let me ask you a question. If you are in a car that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, would they do anything?" He said, "I don't know." I said, "Never mind, I don't want to work for you."

It's one of my favorite "Wrightisms", geek that I am!

[nuke rocketeer]

A very good explanation......

http://stupac2.blogspot.com/2007/08/we-have-not-broken-speed-of-light.html

[Condor51]

**** We have a winner.****

Thanks.
Its been a long time since I won anything
Come on Mega Ball! ;-)

[SubGeniusX]

They've past ludicris speed and, gone straight to plaid!

[jeddavis]

Relativity is based on “thought experiments” and not any sort of real evidence.

[burzum]

Relativity is based on “thought experiments” and not any sort of real evidence.

I wouldn't say so. Special relativity, for example, is based on two postulates:
1. That the speed of light is constant in all reference frames. This comes from classical electrodynamics which is based almost completely on experiments (and beautifully abstracted by Maxwell's equations).
2. That the laws of physics are the same in each inertial reference frame. This comes from Galileo and Newton who based their findings from experiments.