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Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 7:54:16 AM   
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2nd test affirms faster-than-light particles

Back in September, researchers at CERN reported having clocked sub-atomic particles travelling faster than the speed of light. The announcement provoked an immediate outburst of skepticism, and a search for the cause of what had to be an error. Now, a second test has found a consistent result.

For more than a century, the speed of light has been locked in as the universe's ultimate speed limit. No experiment had seen anything moving faster than light, which zips along at 186,000 miles per second.

It's not a limit that will fall easily. More tests will be necessary before these findings are accepted, and lots of physicists remain convinced that there's an error somewhere. But this affirmation of the first series of tests is a stunning result.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 7:56:52 AM   
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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 8:09:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well said Hilly, talk about playing with the bricks at the bottom of the pile.

Some phrases such as "changes everything" are overused.
This would change everything in ways we cannot yet fully imagine.




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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 8:17:36 AM   
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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 9:07:50 AM   
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Not agreed.

I have always held the notion that C, while a definite constant, is by no means a limit.

Yes, I have always disagreed with the Einstein crowd. You all thought I was nuts, but look now ! HA HA HA HA.

Enough gloating. But I also disagree that bending of light proves that time can be bent. I disagree with alot of things but it's not worth listing them here.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 9:19:09 AM   
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ORIGINAL: outlier

Well said Hilly, talk about playing with the bricks at the bottom of the pile.

Some phrases such as "changes everything" are overused.
This would change everything in ways we cannot yet fully imagine.




The problem is that the results conflict with so much other data. It's possible OPERA is right but I'd bet that they still have some error they haven't corrected.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 9:23:56 AM   
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Well said Hilly, talk about playing with the bricks at the bottom of the pile.

Some phrases such as "changes everything" are overused.
This would change everything in ways we cannot yet fully imagine.
emphasis added



The problem is that the results conflict with so much other data. It's possible OPERA is right but I'd bet that they still have some error they haven't corrected.


I understand that. I know in the real world there are always many factors.  That is why I said "would"
not does.  Apparently, you didn't notice that.


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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 9:30:39 AM   
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Not agreed.

I have always held the notion that C, while a definite constant, is by no means a limit.

Yes, I have always disagreed with the Einstein crowd. You all thought I was nuts, but look now ! HA HA HA HA.



Then you dont know what "the Einstein crowd" believes. Einstein did not say that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 11:02:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		I thought the spookiness of entwined particles already proved there was “something” that moved faster than the speed of light. In fact instantaneously despite distances.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/18/2011 11:21:17 AM   
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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/19/2011 8:00:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Right there in the article : "For more than a century, the speed of light has been locked in as the universe's ultimate speed limit. "

"Einstein did not say that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. "

I know that but it just seems that alot of people think he did. I really don't know what they think, maybe that the universe has some kind of "ether" in it that has a sort of viscuous damping effect or what.

Where I really diverge is these theories about time. Smart as they may be, I think they have taken the wrong approach.

That's for another thread. Enough for now.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/19/2011 9:33:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Right there in the article : "For more than a century, the speed of light has been locked in as the universe's ultimate speed limit. "

"Einstein did not say that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. "

These statements are not in conflict. Until you understand that you might want to not comment on physics.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 9:37:31 AM   
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I tried to make it clear - people think this.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 9:48:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ron...no expert here... and I'm not sure what you are saying...lol... But they have managed to transmit photons between entwined particles at faster than light speeds.

Now they say actually one photon is destroyed at one end of entwined particles while and exact duplicate appears at the other end instantaneously. Soooo the actual photon is not transmitted but the information required to reconstruct it is... if that makes sense... hard for me to grasp.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 11:19:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		"Now they say actually one photon is destroyed at one end of entwined particles while and exact duplicate appears at the other end instantaneously"

Of course there is currently no possible way to prove that. They are gong to have to find another indirect method.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 12:18:12 PM   
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Now I've heard everything.

I tried to make it clear - people think this.

T^T

What does General Relativity have to say on the subject. Don't pretend to understand things you don't.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 8:55:26 PM   
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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 9:24:08 PM   
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Yeah right, that's why they are going to run fiberoptic cables under the sea to make sure, because it's already proven.

[ETA technically it was measured, but they still want to do more ,,,,, why ?]

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 9:30:31 PM   
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What does General Relativity have to say on the subject.


You don't fucking get it do you ? Are you really that dense ?

Here it is dude :

I DO NOT AGREE WITH GENERAL RELATIVITY AND I ALSO DO NOT AGREE WITH SPECIAL RELATIVITY.

Understand ? You can quote their shit all day long and it means nothing, I already know it and I HAVE DECIDED THAT I DO NOT AGREE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?

I'm sorry if my twelve thousand posts haven't made this clear, but now it should be. You quote those with whom I disagree, that is completely futile.

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RE: Faster Than Light - Again - 11/20/2011 10:06:54 PM   
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What does General Relativity have to say on the subject.

The GR hypothesis is hogwash.

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