its said that theres nothing faster than the speed of light, but what if you could think somthing and at the other side of the planet almost in the same instant but not quite the same thought occurs has this thought travelled faster than the speed of light?, and could the same theory exist across the universe that would be "cool" huh
2006-10-23 11:31:19 · 14 answers · asked by ezz 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
You haven't quite got it correct. Relativity predicts that no object with an associated mass can travel faster than light. It does not preclude massless objects from doing so. Additionally, relativity works well for large-scale structures (distances from a few miles to light years), but breaks down in small structures (inside the atom). For that, we use quantum mechanics, which works well for small structures, but breaks down for large-scale ones. As yet we have no theory that combines both relativity and quantum mechanics (we're missing the quantum theory of gravity). Gravity appears to effect the universe instantly, regardless of distance, which would appear to violate the prohibition against travel faster than light. Also, some theorize massless objects that can (and do) travel faster than light, but we're having a heck of a time actually observing any.
2006-10-23 11:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by antirion 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No one knows the speed of thought yet. Do thoughts which start inside us travel beyond our bodies? ...It's still being studied.
The speed of light question > regarding Einstein's work, it was not very productive. His theory was completely negative on exceeding light speed, maybe he was put up to it.
However, if his intetion was to say, this is why we can't....and thus give everyone after the way not to go, he succeded.
He say mass increases as speed increases so it would take infinate amounts of energy to push up to and through the light barrier.
What he didn't even touch on was a way of making things lighter.
If you can remove the weight from something you can move it very easily.
Check the web. It's being done right now if you can believe your eyes and your ears!
Look up - 'zero point gravity' and the 'gravity clock' oh, and yes....
don't believe anyone who says aliens don't exist!
2006-10-24 04:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by m c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FYI, special relativity says no object with rest mass can travel at the speed of light. Also, I believe gravity is not transmitted instantly, but is conveyed by mass-less particles called gravitons which travel at the speed of light, like all other mass-less particles.
General relativity has its limits at very small distances and short time scales. However, I am not aware that quantum mechanics actually breaks down at macro scales. I believe that in the limit of large systems (macro rather than micro), its predictions basically agree with those of classical Newtonian physics. Quantum mechanics is therefore believed to be more fundamental than GR, so a quantum theory of gravity is a major goal.
2006-10-23 15:54:11 · answer #3 · answered by SAN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - in a sense.
Twinned particles remain connected in some fashion even if they have travelled apart and are vast distances away from each other.
Communication between the two particles seems to take place faster than the speed of light.
2006-10-23 23:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Aspphire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some research has shown that particular types of gamma rays may be able to travel than the speed of light.
thoughts can only move as fast as the "action potential" capacity of the nerve they travel on will allow. usually this is ten to a hundred meters per second.
i think your question is a bit unclear. if the thought that person "a" is thought at exactly the same time by person "b" on the other side of the globe, isn't that just merely a coincidence, and not some sort of travelling mind wave? :-)
2006-10-23 14:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thoughts don't travel unless they are manifested (spoken, written, etc.) and placed in a vehicle (soundwave, letter, email, even this very Yahoo! Answers post).
With that said, thoughts are sent on there way at the speed of light all the time. Even right now information is zipping around the globe. Anytime any communications travel via fiber optic cable they are travelling at the speed of light.
2006-10-23 11:45:45 · answer #6 · answered by Telesto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Antirion's answer a lot. Massless objects can go faster than the speed of light, but not objects with mass.
For another interesting and related topic, check out the recent link below on teleportation - although their experiments still seem to be subject to the speed of light...
2006-10-23 13:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by Westward 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thought would not have travelled faster than the speed of light, it just means that great minds think alike!
2006-10-23 11:34:31 · answer #8 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tachyons do faster than the speed of light it is theorised. thought is relatively slow anyway.
another question would be.. if an object were to instantly transport between two points ie: wormwholes etc, would that count as breaking the speed of light?
2006-10-23 23:29:43 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Gravy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing faster? You should see my uncle Bert speed off from the pub when its his turn to buy a round!
2006-10-23 11:42:23 · answer #10 · answered by Steve J H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋