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<blockquote data-quote="Harte" data-source="post: 25767" data-attributes="member: 443"><p><strong>Re: faster than light?</strong></p><p></p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div></p><p> </p><p>It absolutely does stand up in the real world. It <em>is</em> the real world. This is the very basis for time dilation, which has been measured precisely multiple times in the past and always has matched exactly Einstein's predictions. In fact, time dilation is used on almost a daily basis in particle physics. It enables scientists to observe properties of particles moving at high speeds that they would not have been able to observe if time dilation did not extend the life of these particles.</p><p> </p><p>When you say point of reference, you are talking about a different thing than I am. I spoke of the reference frame. That is everything that is traveling with you, not the place you are coming from or going to.</p><p> </p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div></p><p> </p><p>C is absolutely constant, a fact proven in the Michelson-Morley experiment that also showed that there exists no "ether". Special Relativity does not predict C to be a constant, it <em>assumes</em> it. It is a postulate in Special Relativity that C is constant. Every prediction of Special Relativity is a result of this fact. Indeed, the entire theory can be deduced from C being constant. C will always be measured to be the same no matter which reference frame you are in, whether you are moving with the flashlight or whether you are standing still and the flashlight is moving past you.</p><p> </p><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div></p><p> </p><p>Again, infinite fuel does not equal infinite thrust. As your mass approaches infinity, your engine's thrust (which is not subject to relativistic effects) still has to accelerate you. Your thrust is finite, your mass infinite, which one prevails? Can an ant make a moving car speed up by pushing on it?</p><p> </p><p>Harte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harte, post: 25767, member: 443"] [b]Re: faster than light?[/b] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div> It absolutely does stand up in the real world. It [i]is[/i] the real world. This is the very basis for time dilation, which has been measured precisely multiple times in the past and always has matched exactly Einstein's predictions. In fact, time dilation is used on almost a daily basis in particle physics. It enables scientists to observe properties of particles moving at high speeds that they would not have been able to observe if time dilation did not extend the life of these particles. When you say point of reference, you are talking about a different thing than I am. I spoke of the reference frame. That is everything that is traveling with you, not the place you are coming from or going to. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div> C is absolutely constant, a fact proven in the Michelson-Morley experiment that also showed that there exists no "ether". Special Relativity does not predict C to be a constant, it [i]assumes[/i] it. It is a postulate in Special Relativity that C is constant. Every prediction of Special Relativity is a result of this fact. Indeed, the entire theory can be deduced from C being constant. C will always be measured to be the same no matter which reference frame you are in, whether you are moving with the flashlight or whether you are standing still and the flashlight is moving past you. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"thenumbersix\")</div> Again, infinite fuel does not equal infinite thrust. As your mass approaches infinity, your engine's thrust (which is not subject to relativistic effects) still has to accelerate you. Your thrust is finite, your mass infinite, which one prevails? Can an ant make a moving car speed up by pushing on it? Harte [/QUOTE]
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