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Threshold of The Real.

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morpheus123
 
Reply Tue 3 Aug, 2004 11:04 pm
They say E=mc2.

If there is no speed beyond the speed of light, how then can we achieve
c2 (the speed of light squared?).

Is the speed of light the 'treshold of the real?'

What could be beyond the speed of light?
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Wed 4 Aug, 2004 08:13 am
Re: Threshold of The Real.
morpheus123 wrote:
They say E=mc2.

If there is no speed beyond the speed of light, how then can we achieve
c2 (the speed of light squared?).

Is the speed of light the 'treshold of the real?'

What could be beyond the speed of light?

"c2" isn't a speed, it's a number.
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CarbonSystem
 
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Reply Wed 4 Aug, 2004 07:42 pm
joe, morpheus has a good point here, why dont you ever give a real answer instead of knocking the way he asked the question?
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Wed 4 Aug, 2004 07:50 pm
Re: Threshold of The Real.
morpheus123 wrote:
... What could be beyond the speed of light?


TACHYONS

Not at all "Beyond the threshold of the real", merely beyond the current threshold of observability, according to the math.
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2004 12:04 am
What could go faster than the speed of light? Complete darkness.
Yeah, Joe. Get serious. :wink:
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2004 07:53 am
CarbonSystem wrote:
joe, morpheus has a good point here, why dont you ever give a real answer instead of knocking the way he asked the question?

Are you suggesting that my answer was not correct?
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CarbonSystem
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2004 08:55 am
NO, im suggesting that you give a more in depth answer.
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2004 03:00 pm
CarbonSystem wrote:
NO, im suggesting that you give a more in depth answer.

How much more in depth do I need to be? Morpheus, starting from the Einsteinian equation "E=mc2," asked how could anyone achieve "c2" if the fastest speed is "c." The answer is ridiculously simple: in the equation, "c2" isn't a speed, it's a number. What else need be added?
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extra medium
 
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Reply Thu 5 Aug, 2004 04:37 pm
Morpheus,

The equation does not imply something needs to go faster than the speed of light.

It is simply using the speed of light as a number that needs to be squared to solve the equation.

If it was E=M(10 miles per hour)squared

This doesn't mean something needs to travel 100 mph. It simply means to multipy M X 100.
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