2006-07-24 02:26:19 · 12 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
note my meaning of misnomer is somthing that some one believes it backwards.
Your soul has to travel at the peed light at that velocity it would not travel the Universe in time?so there must be other entities which move faster?How about the peed of exansion in Universe?
2006-07-24 02:37:28 · update #1
infinite energy to accelerate an electron in synchroton to the speed oflight?
2006-07-24 02:45:08 · update #2
While this is true for all practical purposes there are some "spooky" things that occur with respect to light itself.
The perfect example is the well known experiment where a photon is split and sent down two fiber optic cables. A dector is right next to the splitter and another dector is many miles away.
When a single photon is sent to the dector many miles away it takes longer to detect than when a single photon is sent to the dector right next to the splitter.
But when the photon is actually split it is always detected at the same time by both dectors which is the time that it takes to reach the nearest one.
This implies that the split photon of light that reached the dector many miles away actually traveled faster than the speed of light to get there!!!!!!!!
Spooky and unexplained by any known physics to date.
2006-07-24 02:34:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Theory of Relativity shows us that any object with rest mass (i.e. that has mass while sitting still) cannot reach or exceed the speed of light. This limit occurs because it would require infinite energy to accelerate an object with mass to such speeds.
Zero-mass particles (such as photons) can only travel at the speed of light--never faster or slower.
Therefore, nothing can travel faster than light.
(Note to an earlier poster--do you have a source for your split-photon experiment? I've not seen that one.)
2006-07-24 02:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by not_2_worried 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a very complicated question.
It is true that nothing moves faster than light and this fact is very difficult to comprehend.
Here is a classic. If I am in a vehicle traveling at the speed of light and I turn on my lights. How fast are my lights moving? From my reference, the light moves away from me at the speed of light. For a person standing still watching me go by, I go by at the speed of light and so does my light (not 2xC).
If I am moving at the speed of light going one way and you are moving at the speed of light coming toward me then the relative approach speed is 2 times the speed of light right? Nope. The relative speed between us is 1X speed of light.
How is this possible? Time dialation. It is the root of Einstein's theory of relativity and has been proven many times.
2006-07-24 02:37:58 · answer #3 · answered by BluntForceTrauma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way around the speed of light, as we know it, is through an Einstien-Rosen bridge. There is no way to exceed C by conventional means. If we were to try and reach that speed by rocket propulsion, the size of container for our fuel alone would have to be bigger than the known universe. The only way is to cheat the 4th dimension (time). So, we can either warp space-time and therefore draw our destination in space-time towards us, and simultaneously expand space-time behind our vehicle, or we can prop open, or create our own, wormhole.
2006-07-24 10:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by Mike M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No observed matter or energy travels faster than the speed of light, except perhaps light using quantum tunneling. That works through solid matter, and the light moves faster than it would taking into account index of refraction. I dont know that it actually moves faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.
Here is a nice link on the subject:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/FTL.html
2006-07-24 02:39:58 · answer #5 · answered by Curly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special Theory of relativity implies that nothing can travel faster than light, but the Quantum Mechanics theory shows that particles has an uncertainity element in thier behavior, Particles CAN travel faster than light but massive objects can't (and shouldn't!)
2006-07-24 02:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by happy_84 k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A misnomer? I don't know. Has the existence of "nothing" been proven? If so, how fast would it move? I suppose the statement might be more accurate if it read "Light is the fastest known form of anything".
2006-07-24 02:31:46 · answer #7 · answered by BigRichGuy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of thought is faster. And our spirits can travel anywhere in reality just by thinking about it. Thats why we are here. To learn self-control.
2006-07-24 02:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-02 21:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing...no thing...no mass...no matter...no solid object...can move at the speed of light, to say nothing of faster than light.
2006-07-24 02:51:44 · answer #10 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋