[WWONG]

Originally Posted by BayMoWe335

I think traveling faster than light could mean time loops back on itself (backward in time).

How does this even make any sense... like at all? I mean, you think light is time? Da fuck???????????????????????????????

Yes, those extra question marks were necessary.

[samchoi604]

Originally Posted by WWONG

How does this even make any sense... like at all? I mean, you think light is time? Da fuck???????????????????????????????

Yes, those extra question marks were necessary.

Time is inversely proportional to the speed of light. If you can travel at the speed of light, time freezes, according to Einstein's theory. Therefore, if you can travel faster than light, can you go back in time? This is what BayMoWe335 is alluding to I think.

[WWONG]

Originally Posted by samchoi604

Time is inversely proportional to the speed of light. If you can travel at the speed of light, time freezes, according to Einstein's theory. Therefore, if you can travel faster than light, can you go back in time? This is what BayMoWe335 is alluding to I think.

Assuming light as you see it is an indication of time and continuity, of course. Reference: Sun orbiting Earth and not Earth orbiting around the Sun

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by WWONG

Assuming light as you see it is an indication of time and continuity, of course. Reference: Sun orbiting Earth and not Earth orbiting around the Sun

No you dont get it. Its not light itself, its the speed at which it travels.


Light is a very fickle thing to understand. So ill explain it the way that Michio Kaku does.


So your in a car (something we should all understand) doing 80 MPH. You then pass a car in the right lane doing 65 MPH. Whats the relative speed at which you pass the other car?

Its 15 MPH. Easy right?

Well lets say youre doing 10^5 m/s in a space ship. And light is passing you. How quickly does the light travel relative to you?

The answer is 3x10^8 m/s, which some will recognize as the speed of light.

Einsteins theory of relativity states that you cant travel faster than energy, because you cant make any energy that goes faster than light.

^thats a basic version of it. And the point being that light doesnt behave in the way you think it would normally.


So basically what im trying to prove is that the speed of light is, in fact, the end all as we know it today. And if this turns out to be true it will change our entire understanding of physics and the universe.


But I dont understand why people are bent out of shape over Einstein being wrong about something.

Stephen Hawking disproved his theory as to what blackholes do with the stuff they swallow up. Thats what put his name on the public's map as a known physicist.

[JIM E92]

Originally Posted by samchoi604

Time is inversely proportional to the speed of light. If you can travel at the speed of light, time freezes, according to Einstein's theory. Therefore, if you can travel faster than light, can you go back in time? This is what BayMoWe335 is alluding to I think.

To settle this we need to consult w/ Michael J Fox...

[kyleb350]

I thought the theory was the faster you traveled, the more time speeds up relative to yourself

[3_runner]

Originally Posted by kyleb350

I thought the theory was the faster you traveled, the more time speeds up relative to yourself

No, i believe its the opposite.

[3_runner]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

No you dont get it. Its not light itself, its the speed at which it travels.


Light is a very fickle thing to understand. So ill explain it the way that Michio Kaku does.


So your in a car (something we should all understand) doing 80 MPH. You then pass a car in the right lane doing 65 MPH. Whats the relative speed at which you pass the other car?

Its 15 MPH. Easy right?

Well lets say youre doing 10^5 m/s in a space ship. And light is passing you. How quickly does the light travel relative to you?

The answer is 3x10^8 m/s, which some will recognize as the speed of light.

Einsteins theory of relativity states that you cant travel faster than energy, because you cant make any energy that goes faster than light.

^thats a basic version of it. And the point being that light doesnt behave in the way you think it would normally.


So basically what im trying to prove is that the speed of light is, in fact, the end all as we know it today. And if this turns out to be true it will change our entire understanding of physics and the universe.


But I dont understand why people are bent out of shape over Einstein being wrong about something.

Stephen Hawking disproved his theory as to what blackholes do with the stuff they swallow up. Thats what put his name on the public's map as a known physicist.

Well, Einstein won't be completely wrong. Remember, its only GENERAL theory...... Exceptions apply.

[BrokenVert]

Hey guys, those of you in the UK will like this. BBC did a special on it and its pretty good

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...peed_of_Light/


I also missed this before

Originally Posted by carve

Broken Vert: the speed of light isn't a limit set to infinity. It's finite. No known particles travel faster than light.

We don't know if warp drive is possible, but the concept doesn't violate relativity.

In a mathematical interpretation of Einstein's equations there is the exception that states that if when a particle is formed at a speed faster than light than that particle will always be moving faster than light. These particles have been named Tachyons.

Search tachyons if you want to know more.


String theory also has an explanation that the neutrinos may have jumped into the bulk between brains and then popped back in.

Think of Nightcrawler or subspace.