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Capitalizt
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: USA
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Want to blow your mind? Read some of Brian Greene's books. He kicks ass.
I remember him describing light, and what it would be like to travel at the speed of light...The thing is, space and time are actually related (they are really the same "thing", called spacetime). So the faster you move through one, the slower you move through another. So if you accelerate really really fast through space, some of your "time" energy is displaced, making time travel slower for you.
So what happens if you travel at exatly the speed of light? In theory, time stops. 
While others watching you from a fixed position can say you were travelling across the stars over a period of years, from your perspective, you aren't travelling at all..because travelling takes time. At the speed of light, time is meaningless and you don't need to travel anywhere because YOU ARE ALREADY THERE. You could move to any point in the universe instantaneously. Outside observers who are aren't moving through space would say it takes many years for light to travel from point A to B...but since you are sitting on the beam of light, 100% of your motion through time is "displaced" by your motion through space...so the trip won't take any time at all for you.
You would be everywhere in the universe simultaneously.
mmhwahahahaha
ok my explanation really sucks...He did it much better. Go get his books.
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trewqy
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| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
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So what ur trying to say is harry potter is really voldermort??
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Jul-25-2007 12:36
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Omega_M
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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Ether
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| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
Want to blow your mind? Read some of Brian Greene's books. He kicks ass.
I remember him describing light, and what it would be like to travel at the speed of light...The thing is, space and time are actually related (they are really the same "thing", called spacetime). So the faster you move through one, the slower you move through another. So if you accelerate really really fast through space, some of your "time" energy is displaced, making time travel slower for you.
So what happens if you travel at exatly the speed of light? In theory, time stops. 
While others watching you from a fixed position can say you were travelling across the stars over a period of years, from your perspective, you aren't travelling at all..because travelling takes time. At the speed of light, time is meaningless and you don't need to travel anywhere because YOU ARE ALREADY THERE. You could move to any point in the universe instantaneously. Outside observers who are aren't moving through space would say it takes many years for light to travel from point A to B...but since you are sitting on the beam of light, 100% of your motion through time is "displaced" by your motion through space...so the trip won't take any time at all for you.
You would be everywhere in the universe simultaneously.
mmhwahahahaha
ok my explanation really sucks...He did it much better. Go get his books. |
This wiki book offers a very simple and elegant explanation about the relation between space and time through "space-time" intervals. Recommended book for non-technicians (most of us) who are interested in understanding special relativity. 
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Jul-26-2007 02:24
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Xevious
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Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Jul-30-2007 00:47
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Spirit5
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Registered: Jun 2005
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| quote: | Originally posted by Capitalizt
Want to blow your mind? Read some of Brian Greene's books. He kicks ass.
I remember him describing light, and what it would be like to travel at the speed of light...The thing is, space and time are actually related (they are really the same "thing", called spacetime). So the faster you move through one, the slower you move through another. So if you accelerate really really fast through space, some of your "time" energy is displaced, making time travel slower for you.
So what happens if you travel at exatly the speed of light? In theory, time stops. 
While others watching you from a fixed position can say you were travelling across the stars over a period of years, from your perspective, you aren't travelling at all..because travelling takes time. At the speed of light, time is meaningless and you don't need to travel anywhere because YOU ARE ALREADY THERE. You could move to any point in the universe instantaneously. Outside observers who are aren't moving through space would say it takes many years for light to travel from point A to B...but since you are sitting on the beam of light, 100% of your motion through time is "displaced" by your motion through space...so the trip won't take any time at all for you.
You would be everywhere in the universe simultaneously.
mmhwahahahaha
ok my explanation really sucks...He did it much better. Go get his books. |
Interesting. Didn't read the book but have the DVD "Elegant Universe". Been meaning to read the book. The interesting thing about this, is that aliens might be traveling here the way you are talking about. That it really isn't impossible for them to travel, if they are great distances to get here, but I personally don't think they are traveling great distances to get here.
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