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Re: speed of light and time travel

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > speed of light and time travel
> >
> > it appears to me that yous people
> > have no idea about
> > speed of light and time travel.
> >
> > I'll explain because it's so
> > simple.
> >
> > If you travel faster than the
> > speed of light, do you
> > go into the future or
> > do you travel back to the past?
> >
> > The answer is simple.
> >
> > You just keep going!
> >
> > There is no past
> > there is no future
> > there is only
> > Here and
> > Now.
> >
> > So, if you travel
> > faster than the speed of light...
> > you would still be here and now.
> >
> > (maybe over there)
> > (where?)
> > (right here, stupid!)
> >
> > (the only problem is
> > yous peoples have no idea what
> > Here and Now...'is'.)
> 
> Now, let's take a closer look at what they say Albert Einsten said...
> 
> "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light."
> 
> Does the word "speed" have anything to do with the word "faster?
> 
> I mean, I looked up in the dictionary for the definition of the word "speed',
> and there is no mention of the word 'fast' or faster'..
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=571764422&sxsrf=AM9HkKkIradciP7x2fMxtNZtewbFU2M7-g:1696795955248&q=speed&si=ALGXSlZC_jbid1uaZGfc4a798NDvk5U1_YNeCS-mKNS6K7yD1UtUH4DLOOUcJUoQxypcPGVtVEP-3uWnd1oMveIDPqGMdncp2Q%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqyazBoeeBAxVEcDwKHTStBIMQ2v4IegUIRBD1AQ&biw=1920&bih=1057&dpr=1&bshm=rime/1
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=define+speed
> 
> So, what is the connection between the word "speed" and the word "faster"????
> 
> In other words, what does speed have to do with fast or faster????
> 
> Why is the word "faster" in the sentence?
> 
> "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light."
> 
> it smells like another con to me...
> 


I mean, it could not go fast or faster if fast is not the meaning of
speed.


Or is it?




-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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