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Scott Hess wrote:
> (snip)
> This isn't really a matter of opinion.  To prove that you can't go
> faster than the speed of light, I don't have to opine that your
> vehicle will fall apart, or your mind cannot take it, or that there's
> no mechanical means to connect enough engines, or anything like that.
> I can just prove that YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE!  You could take
> _all_ the mass in our universe, convert every last particle to energy
> (for maximum boost) and shoot it all in one direction - and you still
> will not manage to accelerate yourself to light speed.  The problem is
> that the amount of acceleration to add a given amount of velocity
> increases exponentially to infinity.
> 
> In some very basic, essential sense, if you ever find yourself going
> "faster than the speed of light in our universe", you will also find
> that you are indeed not in our universe.
>(snip) 

"Almost by definition, if you are going faster than the speed light
travels in our universe, then you are _not_ in our universe."

That's funny.... by definition..... the universe.... You're awfully sure
of yourself seeing how you haven't defined the universe yet. How exactly
would you know you weren't in the universe? How would you know you were?
What is the physical makeup of our universe? You see, it was easy to say
we couldn't break the sound barrier because it was in air. We know air.
We know what it's made of. Therefore, of course the numbers worked. We
knew what we were dealing with. Sound... AIR... pretty simple. NOW we've
got light... UNIVERSE... uh oh, there's a problem. We don't know how to
break the light barrier because we don't know what the universe is made
of. You have to know through what medium you're traveling in order to
establish a top speed. You're telling us that it's impossible. I say
it's impossible to know that right now. Figure out what the universe is
made of, do the math, and THEN come back and say it's impossible.
Otherwise, it's simply a belief, or theory

Botch 
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