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Originally Posted by Failed
Why don't they want to think of the implications? This should be an extremely exciting discovery leading to many thoughts, theories, and speculations.
So, for the physics majors on GFY, a couple questions. Why does something that can travel faster than the speed of light mean that time travel may be possible? What will this do to the study of physics?
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i'm a novice when it comes to the subject but i'll take a shot at it... (someone correct me if i'm way off please!)
We see things through light transfer, reflection etc with our eyes. The stars we see are so far away that we are looking at them from the past. If we can travel faster than light we can can surpass what we can see and essentially time travel.
I'm pretty sure this doesn't open the doors for things like going BACK in time.. I really don't think that is even possible.. but being able to view things before we can see them would be quite impressive.