2007-01-11 15:15:26 · 28 answers · asked by Afreeloader 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Apparently, I am the only one here who says YES. If the man traveled faster than the speed of light he would return before he left. If that man traveled from Earth to Mars at twice the speed of light and then immediately returned, on the way back, he would see himself as a continuous streak stretching from the Earth to Mars (on the way there he would see himself as a continous streak stretching from Mars to Earth). He would arrive back on Earth just in time to see himself take off.
2007-01-11 15:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by tony200015 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um...cute, but no.
Speed depends on time being monodirectional. You're moving a certain distance in a certain time. So removing time from that equation, or assuming you can move backwards in time at all (barring all Einstein tells us about black holes and the nature of space-time) makes the question meaningless.
Although, there was that time I flew from Tokyo to Houston and arrived two hours before I'd left....
2007-01-11 23:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by 2Bs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, although he will get back from point B to point A in less time it took to get from A to B, he will never get from Point B to Point A before he left because he has already left Point A to get to Point B to go back to Point A unless of course there's a Timezone thing that i didn't feel like figuring out
2007-01-19 21:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by kevferg64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has already lost the time it took to get him from Point A to Point B. Anyways, he would know if he got back before he left since he would see himself, which would create a time-anomaly.
2007-01-11 23:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by Nescio sed Scio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets say you leave from Point A going to Pt B at 50 mph leaving at noon....You get to B at 1:30. Now you go back at 90 mph...You wont get there before 1:30 ;[ Simple logic there...
2007-01-15 21:24:39 · answer #5 · answered by Shaun L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if point A and Point B are in different Time Zones.
2007-01-19 20:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by M45-S355 l_l532 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could he arrive before he left, when leaving begins when you leave and arriving begins when you arrive and if you are following that leaving comes before arriving then of course he can't.
2007-01-11 23:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by TippmannMan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with lilmisshelpful. he arrived at point b before he left for point a.
2007-01-19 23:11:11 · answer #8 · answered by datingguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
"There once was a lady named Bright,
who traveled much faster than light.
She went off one day,
in her usual way,
and returned the previous night."
Isaac Asimov
2007-01-11 23:19:41 · answer #9 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he arrived their initially since you didnt specify his arrival as being secondary to his first, he has arrived before he has left.
2007-01-17 23:24:41 · answer #10 · answered by lilmisshelpful 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋