Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: speed of light and time travel Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:47:03 -0700 Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: <65235B97.26B6@ix.netcom.com> References: <6521AF5E.4A1E@ix.netcom.com> <65230F7D.21E4@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="2027239"; posting-host="nLYg9UBeoMWa070gP9wQcw.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; Cancel-Lock: sha256:vkO1ekhoXafhcFF6HckuonOUXgLdpora7D6lwpVOr3M= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 231008-4, 10/08/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:622680 sci.physics:881691 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.