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From: Mel Matthies
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00

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There have been some interesting theories on tachyons.  Because they
travel faster than the speed of light, they mathematically travel
forward or backward in time as well.  Anyone who remembers their high
school physics can recall the equations that you use to calculate how
far an object travels given it's speed and acceleration over a given
period of time.  Well, if you were to turn those equations around, you
can see that time actually doesn't go forward, everthing else (the
universe for lack of a better word) moves either forward or backward in
relation to time.

There was an interesting science fiction novel (the name of which I
can't recall right now, sorry) that does a fairly good layman's
explanation of these principles.  The book also talks about some of the
implications of this like sub-universes.  Kinda neat...

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From: Mel Matthies <mel.ma...@sasktel.sk.ca>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1997/02/03
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