http://chaospet.com/2008/08/19/103-warp-speed/ Now updated every day that it is updated Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://chaospet.com/2008/08/19/103-warp-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 Psymon Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:52:18 +0000 http://chaospet.com/?p=120#comment-2865 As I understand relativity, it says nothing can accelerate beyond the speed of light--it says nothing about tachyons already travelling faster than light. Also, if you could convert matter from tardyon form to tachyon form, creating a velocity discontinuity (very big "if"), you could make something travel faster than light. But seeing how tachyons have things like imaginary mass and such, it doesn't sound like it'd work. As I understand relativity, it says nothing can accelerate beyond the speed of light–it says nothing about tachyons already travelling faster than light. Also, if you could convert matter from tardyon form to tachyon form, creating a velocity discontinuity (very big “if”), you could make something travel faster than light.
But seeing how tachyons have things like imaginary mass and such, it doesn’t sound like it’d work.

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