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Re: Physicist Says Time Travel Is Not Only Possible, but Likely
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:50 am
by ootpoot
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
(Douglas Adams, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
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Re: Physicist Says Time Travel Is Not Only Possible, but Likely
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:09 pm
by hotheat
Übermensch wrote:Well it also states that you would get heavy as shit, which would make it pretty impossible to go that fast, lol...So yeah, excluding that little tidbit, I suppose you'd be right... :D
that is actually the problem with trying to accelerate to light speed. the closer u get to light speed the more massive u get. the more massive u get, the more power u'd need to accelerate some more. at very near light speed the mass is near infinite and the power for that is also near infinite.
interestingly enough, the things that travel at light speed are massless. these, of course include light itself, and some exotic particles like gluons, etc.
Re: Physicist Says Time Travel Is Not Only Possible, but Likely
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:32 am
by puppydog
haha i love the warning, but i dunno if i'm excited or scared of the possibility of time travel