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originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: skunkape23
No.
or so they claim
originally posted by: skunkape23
I suppose I should make a point of not driving at faster than light speed at night.
originally posted by: SaturnFX
I think its a "bubble" thing for super laymans terms.
another example is, your ship is going 1mph slower than the speed of light...in that ship, your walking forward (its a big ship) at 2mph, which would mean then from a external view, you were going 1mph faster than the speed of light, but in reality, your just going 2mph in the framework of the whole ship...sort of like almost a different...hmm..dimension if you will.
That's how it was explained to me...everything is relative to the framework that your within. As others pointed out, turning a flashlight on and pointing it to the east doesn't violate the speed of light due to earths rotation being the starting point...as the frame of reference is within the earth itself.
originally posted by: PsychoEmperor
originally posted by: SaturnFX
I think its a "bubble" thing for super laymans terms.
another example is, your ship is going 1mph slower than the speed of light...in that ship, your walking forward (its a big ship) at 2mph, which would mean then from a external view, you were going 1mph faster than the speed of light, but in reality, your just going 2mph in the framework of the whole ship...sort of like almost a different...hmm..dimension if you will.
That's how it was explained to me...everything is relative to the framework that your within. As others pointed out, turning a flashlight on and pointing it to the east doesn't violate the speed of light due to earths rotation being the starting point...as the frame of reference is within the earth itself.
I've presented that very idea to scientists before and was told no. The idea is you wouldn't be able to "walk 2mph" in that ship, nevermind that the ship probably won't be able to sustain it self going 1mph slower than the speed of light.
I personally don't agree with that, and do believe in a some sort of faster than the speed of light due to relativity, but if it's true it would be a huge scientific discovery and break the notion that "nothing" can go faster than the speed of light in the Universe.