Things traveling faster than light has already been found (notice that they use a medium to travel in) while the speed of light is measured while in vacuum. Notice that the press release was something of a leak, and that many specialists has been invited to Cern and that the experiment in its simplicity has been sent out to various universities and facilities so that a confirmation can be done as soon as possible.
On a side note; Einstein did not state that nothing can travel faster than light, he stated that nothing can accelerate to a velocity faster than that of light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special..._of_relativity
Quoting: "One of the consequences of the theory is that it is impossible for any particle that has rest mass to be accelerated to the speed of light."
Hmm, for those of you questioning my use of medium i mean medium other than such as ether.
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether
On a side note; Einstein did not state that nothing can travel faster than light, he stated that nothing can accelerate to a velocity faster than that of light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special..._of_relativity
Quoting: "One of the consequences of the theory is that it is impossible for any particle that has rest mass to be accelerated to the speed of light."
Hmm, for those of you questioning my use of medium i mean medium other than such as ether.
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminiferous_aether
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| The theory of an aether is long outdated, could you provide an example of a medium which something can travels faster than light in that actually exists? Alternatively, provide a source that shows an aether does exist, either one would add here. |
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Originally Posted by Smogard49
Things traveling faster than light has already been found
No previous discovery has shown that information can be transferred faster than c (there is a very important distinction here). If this discovery is true, then that would mean that information can be transferred faster than c, something previously thought impossible.
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http://forum.toribash.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=18
Originally Posted by Smogard49
On a side note; Einstein did not state that nothing can travel faster than light, he stated that nothing can accelerate to a velocity faster than that of light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special..._of_relativity
Quoting: "One of the consequences of the theory is that it is impossible for any particle that has rest mass to be accelerated to the speed of light."
Neutrinos have rest mass (albeit extraordinarily small) and they were accelerated in one of the various colliders CERN has. Ergo if this is true it invalidates a Einstein's theory.
Last edited by Vox; Sep 24, 2011 at 07:58 PM.
For those interested, I'll link a related post of mine. http://forum.toribash.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=18
That's the math behind parts of relativity. With it, you can calculate what happens to time with what speed.
Sunday, I'll be in my appartment again, I have my General Relativity study book there, I'll post something better when I have quickly skimmed through it.
That's the math behind parts of relativity. With it, you can calculate what happens to time with what speed.
Sunday, I'll be in my appartment again, I have my General Relativity study book there, I'll post something better when I have quickly skimmed through it.
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