One Step Closer......
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Yes, I get that. Still it has nothing to do with this discussion. We have a pretty good understanding of the world around us today. That was not the case 150 years ago. I'm sure we think we know some things that will be proven wrong years from now. At one time the world was flat (not everyone believed that, but it was the prevailing theory of its time). I'm sure we have something we believe firmly that will be proven false with better information. That being said, what does any of that have to do with the speed of light? Teleportation is within the realm of becoming a reality. Bionic implants and the like are on the doorstep. Cloaking devices, too. Cold fusion is even in the news again. Still, what do we know of that can travel faster than light? Oh yeah... nothing. The fundamental concepts on which modern physics is built doesn't leave much hope for travel beyond light-speed. But that's not even my point. We're not talking about going faster than light. We're talking about going thousands of times faster than light. Unless you have some pixie dust up your sleeve, I don't see that as worth even discussing, at least not in any kind of constructive way.
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@art_of_shred said:
Yes, I get that. Still it has nothing to do with this discussion. We have a pretty good understanding of the world around us today. That was not the case 150 years ago. I'm sure we think we know some things that will be proven wrong years from now. At one time the world was flat (not everyone believed that, but it was the prevailing theory of its time). I'm sure we have something we believe firmly that will be proven false with better information. That being said, what does any of that have to do with the speed of light? Teleportation is within the realm of becoming a reality. Bionic implants and the like are on the doorstep. Cloaking devices, too. Cold fusion is even in the news again. Still, what do we know of that can travel faster than light? Oh yeah... nothing. The fundamental concepts on which modern physics is built doesn't leave much hope for travel beyond light-speed. But that's not even my point. We're not talking about going faster than light. We're talking about going thousands of times faster than light. Unless you have some pixie dust up your sleeve, I don't see that as worth even discussing, at least not in any kind of constructive way.
You're making my point now. What we know today can be bunk tomorrow.
I'm sorry for upsetting people, I feel like I"ve upset the apple cart.
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No harm done. I agree with that point, but I also don't believe it has much relevance with the magnitude by which we can't approach the limiting factor. A little off, sure. Thousands of times? I just can't take that seriously as a "well, I'm sure we'll have that figured out in a couple years" sort of thing.
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Nice
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LOL, cute.
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