Scientifically is it possible we may discover something faster than light any time in future?
In: Planetary Science
Random comment: Scientists know with pretty high confidence that beyond a certain distance, everything (stars and galaxies) are moving away from us at faster than the speed of light. Or, I should say, the space in between us and those stars is increasing at faster than the speed of light. (*very simplistic, poorly worded description of cosmic expansion).
OTOH, the event horizon of a black hole is where spacetime is contracting at faster than the speed of light (*very simplistic, poorly worded sentence. Any physicist reading can feel free to correct me on terminology).
Basically, the speed limit for how fast mass and energy can travel *through* space is the speed of light but it appears that space itself, for lack of a better word, moves and we don’t know the limits on that.
Yes, darkness.
If you somehow got an enormous flashlight pointed towards the moon, and you put your finger infront to cast a shadow and moved your finger from side to side, your finger’s shadow would be moving faster than light.
Only for us beings that can perceive time due to our chemistry, time plays a role. For a rock billions of years go by instantly.
So when talking about speed you also have to consider yourself as a time perceiving being. Your chemistry depends on information being shared between molecules. And that sharing of information is limited in the cosmos.
If you want to travel faster than the speed of light you have to make yourself simply perceive time differently. That’s the key to it.
Freeze yourself and move anywhere in the cosmos instantly like a rock.
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