The idea is that if you're moving faster than light you are able to be at a location before light has reached it and therefore before the event occurred.
2007-01-13 10:26:56 · 3 answers · asked by flongkoy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Hi. Not quite true. Imagine sitting on a beach during a fireworks show. You have two friends along, one blind and one deaf. A large firework explodes and your two friends are going to record when the event occurred. The deaf friend sees the bright flash and records a certain time. The blind friend hears the explosion a second later and records the time. Which is correct? Neither. The light takes a certain amount of time to reach them, the sound is slower. But the actual explosion occurred before EITHER recorded the event. Just because light has not reached you in your example does NOT mean the event has not occurred.
2007-01-13 10:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are already travellers in time (past). Look at all that stars. What you see is the past. Manny of them does`t exist anymore but you can see them. The event and the moment you see it are different things.
2007-01-13 18:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot move faster than light so your suggestion has no meaning.
2007-01-13 18:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋