[ExI] New CERN neutrino speed results today, and the FTL signal is STILL THERE!

Darren Greer darren.greer3 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 14:20:34 UTC 2011


2011/11/20 Tomaz Kristan <protokol2020 at gmail.com> wrote:


Nature is, as it is. There is no natural mechanism to preserve our favorite
> ideas about how it should be, to indulge Einstein or anybody else.
>

Tachyons, as far as I understand it (and I admit my understanding is
limited) do not actually violate Einstein's speed of light maxim. Particles
are free to travel faster than the speed of light but since their energy
actually decreases as their speed increases they cannot slow down to cross
the barrier, just as particles travelling slower than c cannot get enough
energy to beak it.  What it violates is the causality of special relativity
by having particles sent back in time and having messages and
replies received before they are sent, etc. Time travel always messes with
my head, so it may be my own bias that frowns upon the possibility of
reterocausality. I would be interested to know, however, why John thinks
this neutrino thing could be support for Evertt's Many World's Theory, if
he doesn't mind taking the time. Just think of me as the slow kid in
school, but the one that everyone kind of likes. :)


> Physics could be just more complicated than we were able to imagined so
> far.
>

Or it could be more simple. Something along the lines of Bohm's Implicate
Order.

Cheers,

Darren


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