i have been thinking all that crap those fools calling themself scientist do and i was thinking why no one is yet to discover feasible faster than light communication theory 4 such a long time.that is when i got it ...imagine a long rigid sitck streching from the earth to the sun....wat if we pushed the stick will the sun get jabed befoere the 8 minite time taken by light to reach there....the flaw in the thinking by the scientists lies in the fact that they only work whith a single particle system(a side effect of the idiotic schooling system)..
2006-08-23 03:04:44 · 5 answers · asked by kin_kad 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
check out the qustion i just posted about propergation of motion..
2006-08-23 18:22:50 · update #1
Faster than light communication is possible, but the scientists are no fools, because it is the scientists that discovered a phenomenon called "quantum entaglement", which allow you to instantly communicate the state of a particle to any amount of distance. This possibly mean that in the future we can use quantum entanglement to send 0's and 1's (binary information) across the universe without any limitation in speed.
BTW, your idea of using a stick long enough to reach from the Earth to the Sun is just silly. First of all, can you actually make a stick that long to prove your point? Second, upon closer inspection, you'll discovered that a stick is not made up of a single piece of material, but trillions and trillions of atoms. When you move the stick, your end will have move, but not the other end. As a matter of fact, the fastest that you can communicate the fact that the your end of the stick has moved is the speed of light.
2006-08-23 03:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by PhysicsDude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember, the stick is simply made up of a bunch of molecules (which are also particles and/or waves). When you push on one end of the stick, you are not pushing on one large object, but rather a interconnected set of pieces. You would compress the pieces on one side, so the wave would roll across the Solar System until it finally propogated and moved the stick on the other side. The speed of this propogation would be equal or less than light.
Think of the stick as a spring. When you push (or pull) the spring on one side, you have to wait until the equal action applies on the other.
2006-08-23 03:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by Ethan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have to take into account the flexibility of the stick that would prevent you to exert a rectilinear movement, and even if that was not a problem, there's still the compacting that is certainly slower than light. and the tremendous mass of that stick! Then again... a 150,000,000 kms stick? Wow!
2006-08-23 03:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all previous replies are quite darn well correct... now of quantum theory, it is fastr than light communication. yes. to be exact it's instantaneous. all i'm saying is, u could be on Galaxy alpha 9 and quantum communication would be faster. it's just really hard, complicated, potentially dangerous physics... that make no sense to the simple minded.
2006-08-23 03:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by chocolateknight69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Things can travel faster than light can. Its just REALLY REALLY fast. 'As Fast as light' is just a turn of phrase. Look up CERN, a swiss physics institute - they are the world leaders in this kind of thing.
2006-08-23 03:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by AnswerP 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋