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Article #353147Re: Lightspeed constant...
From: twa... Torray Wallace
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 00:00
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> Being a computer science major, math major, and physics minor, >I'd like to comment (slight boasting over). Tachyons are indeed >theoretical particles that, if the existed, would travel faster than >the speed of light. It is true that the problem is the barrier >between real and imaginary. HOWEVER, tachyons might exist, travelling >faster than the speed of light, having an imaginary mass, and having >the speed of light as a LOWER boundary. That is, they can never >travel slower than the speed of light. > All theoretical of course :) I'm not sure what implications >there are. First of all, aren't tachyons hypothetical and not theoretical? Second, life is complex enough without having basic concpets of causality undermined. Third, I still find their existence intriguing so I'll shutup now.
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