Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: Antonio Vieira
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00

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John M Clancy wrote:
> 
> who wrote:
> >
> > :In article <3288ce00.11422752@cdnXnews>, AndyMi...@MENSA.OverAchievers.com
> > says...
> > :>If you are travelling faster than the speed of lightand put your
> > :>lights on, would your headlights become tail-lights ??
> >
> > You can not travel faster than light
> > according to Einstein's special relativity.
> 
> Wrong! Einstein's equasions break down AT the speed of light.
> There is nothing that says you cannot go BEYOND the speed of light.
> Ever here of Tachyons?
> 
> Similarly, Newtonian physics does not apply at the atomic level
> therefore we have Quantum physics.

And I had thought that no physical object could ever reach the
speed of light, never mind travel faster than it...

Aren't tachyons just a teory, hype, vapourware? No evidence of their
existence has been presented so far.

-Antonio

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From: Antonio Vieira <et...@ua.pt>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/13
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