according to einstein's laws and nothing can travel at the speed of light but, we can travel at or faster than this speed. time is actually an arbitrary concept based on strain of the human mind trying to place all things in a forward moving linear direction. time is relative however. a star that we see that is 600 light years away has light that is 600 years old. in other words what light we see from said star, is 600 years old. lets assume now that i can travel faster than the speed of light, lets say C^2. this would mean that if i traveled to that star i would be seeing it as it was 600 years ago. using this logic if i traveled to the star as it was 600 years ago and then traveled back, i would be seeing things as they were 1200 years ago.
now realizing that this is only a hypothesis and cannot yet be proven, does anyone agree that this can be used to travel into the past? if i am seeing the light from 1200 years ago does this mean i see people who aren't there?
2007-10-08
03:40:55
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