why does everyone assume that Einstein is right
In 500 years time, maybe someone will have proven Einstein wrong.
Gilles wrote:Einstein wasn't wrong, but neither are you guys.
He said that we can't travel faster then light. Well, he's right there. But far away from the earth, light travels with a different speed. At an infinite distance from mass, it even travels with an infinite speed (time depends on mass, ask einstein). That means we can travel faster then 300 000 km/second, wich we call the speed of light, but thats just seen from the earth. It's called the relativity theory, remember.
Once you travel with a speed close to that of light, your mass will increase, wich makes time go slower. That means that you go faster. duh...
big_pappa_smurf wrote:Just curious, but why does everyone assume that faster-than-light travel is impossible (or very highly improbable):?: Consider:
Einsteins theory is based on what he knew then.
Newton, Galileio and Plato also had theories based on what they knew then. Most of those theories have rather severe holes in them, why does everyone assume that Einstein is right
3l3ctr0 wrote:i wouldnt say that travaling faster then the speed of light is imposible but say if you get to the speed the extream Gs would crush any liveing thing. so there is actualy no point of travaling at thoes speeds....
but plz correct me if you think im wrong...
solodeath wrote:why do u want to move faster then light? you would be dead.... and even if there were some "way" for you to move at that speed, then think about how much energy u need. besize there are other ways to move from point A to point B.
btw you can move faster then the speed of light in different envirment. easy proof of this is if a radioactive fuel rod from a nuclear reactor is immersed in deep water. the e- would would move faster then the speed of light in water.
jinydu wrote:According to Special Relativity, if an observer in an inertial frame of reference observes an object travelling at very high speeds, the object's inertia (resistance towards acceleration) will approach infinity as its speed approaches the speed of light. This is not just vague, philosophical speculation. Special Relativity provides a precise, quantitative description of what happens, and its predictions have been tested experimentally numerous times. In today's particle accelerators, particles are routinely accelerated to speeds of over 99% the speed of light, and measurements are fully in accordance with the predictions of relativity.
Also, black holes do not travel faster than the speed of light. Light escapes cannot escape a black hole ---> Black holes travel faster than light. That's definitely a non-sequiter. Light cannot escape because the gravitational field is too strong, not because the black hole is travelling too fast.
AlienBilly wrote:A common mistake is that people missread the theory of relativity in lack of understanding or thoughts based on a simplifyed version of the universe, and so they say that the theory of relativity says that nothing can travel faster then the speed of light.
That's not what it says.
However, when you travel at around 70% of the speed of light, because of the relative motion, the map around you shrinks so that to the relativly resting observer you would already be traveling at the speed of light. ... , atleast according to my understanding of the theory.
There are also a particle called tachyon which is belived to be UNABLE to travel UNDER the speed of light
It seems that *your* understanding of realtivity theory isnt correct either. Or can you explain your statement a bit more in detail?
AlienBilly wrote:If you travel in 70% of the speed of light, the mass and time dillation will be such as you relativly will have coverd the distance that without relativity would have requierd the speed of light.
That may be true... on earth.
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