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  Re: Faster than the speed of light Ezra Farrow <ezrafa@dubtechno.org> - 2015-12-21 23:15 +0000
    Re: Faster than the speed of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-12-22 12:16 +1100

#540707 — Re: Faster than the speed of light

Odd Bodkin wrote:

> If you're looking for a shorthand answer, gravitons are virtual
> particles. Virtual particles are not bound by the speed of light in ANY
> quantum theory. This is true of virtual photons in quantum 
> electrodynamics as well.

What's a virtual particle then, not existent which may fly faster than the 
speed of light? You probably should summarize since you say read so many 
interesting papers with math inside them
 
> So, just a bit of advice: If you stumble on what seems like a simple and
> obvious objection to a well-investigated theory, you should presume that

Completely nonsense.

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On 22/12/2015 10:15 AM, Ezra Farrow wrote:
> Odd Bodkin wrote:

>> So, just a bit of advice: If you stumble on what seems like a simple and
>> obvious objection to a well-investigated theory, you should presume that
>
> Completely nonsense.
>

Short summary - don't assume you're so much cleverer than all the other 
thinkers in the world. You're likely to be disappointed.

Sylvia.

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