A discussion I had with some guys at school was the probability/improbability/possibilities of travelling faster than light. By the quantum theory (or whatever theory it is) as velocity reaches the speed of light, mass grows closer and closer to infinity; which, as one can see, is really really big. But, everyone seems to forget that it is only a theory. What if Einstein is wrong? (or at least partially) No one ever seems to question him. His formulas and crap may work for speeds less than the speed of light, but what if there's an equation that could apply to speeds greater? I for one am not convinced that we can't travel faster than light. Just because light is the fastest speed we know of don't mean that there isn't a speed faster. People either 1) just think we can't 'cause a "really smart" guy said we couldn't, 2) are afraid of something never attempted, or 3) see a limit that has been labeled "the fastest speed" for so long that it is ingrained into people's heads that it can't be topped. Maybe I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time, but I'm a skeptic: I try to see evry side something; good or bad. I question things. I try to find ways where evryone else has given up or abandoned. But there is that question that if we were to exceed light speed, what would it be like? Well, I'm not scientist, physicist, or any other -ist; but I can use logical thinking (even if it may be found to be flawed later. logic's no law). If you think about it, if you were to travel faster than light, you would arrive at your destination before your image did. In essence, there would be two of you; or two images anyway. Albiet the other would be going light speed ('cause that's only how fast light can go after all) and you wouldn't really be able to see it anyway. There were some more things, but right now I'm too tired to gather any more thoughts. Just remember, be open-minded; but not so open minded your brains fall out... I heard that once.
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Alright, now that our more-than-likely-completely-boring skeptical analysis of scientic matters is done... maybe someone will actually read it; and maybe someone will agree with me. Of course, Austin will be the first to say I'm a big doofus. :)
~master skipper
p.s. Austin, have you ever noticed
that your name is always
bold and gold?
2 comments:
somehow, i knew you were going to say that... anyway:
i didn't say that it would be easy to go faster than light... just that it might be physically possible. and it wouldn't matter if time stopped because time doesn't actually exsist ((i'll have to give my none-too-scientific theory on that one later)). and yes, trying to find a propulsion source for something trying to go that fast would be rather difficult. and besides, even if one was to go faster than light, it wouldn't be very helpful 'cause everything in the galaxy is so stinkin' far away it would still take forever to get there. that last was just on a side note.
do you spend your "free time" thinking about this kind of stuff or something?
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