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0860723b5e7f5b449802f8ec9365ce00_normal @theglipper Washington, D.C.

Query for science types: Other than time travel, what are the benefits/implications of getting particles to move faster than light? Thanks!

1:31PM Mon, September 26 2011

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B515ceebd271eb14ee61af3bfacee089_normal @JeffTheChiz iPhone: 41.0064...

implications = our models of the universe are seriously flawed and need major revisions to not fall apart

1:36PM Mon, September 26 2011

B515ceebd271eb14ee61af3bfacee089_normal @JeffTheChiz iPhone: 41.0064...

potential benefits = faster than light communications. Not a whole lot else at present, though.

1:36PM Mon, September 26 2011

0860723b5e7f5b449802f8ec9365ce00_normal @theglipper Washington, D.C.

Got it, thanks! (We currently can't communicate at even the speed of light, right?)

1:46PM Mon, September 26 2011

B515ceebd271eb14ee61af3bfacee089_normal @JeffTheChiz iPhone: 41.0064...

wired communications are slower than light, but any wireless uses EM waves which travel at c.

1:49PM Mon, September 26 2011

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