On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 04:50:37AM -0300, juan wrote:
On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 23:33:47 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
If I see a horse running in the prairie, and yet I cannot capture him, Icannot use him to travel at horse-speed rather than man-speed.
OK, I understand that. But to use your analogy, what's being discussed here is not how the horse could eventually be used, but whether the horse exists at all.
Is the horse just some mathematical artifact in some mystical theory, or is there unambiguous experimental data associated with it?
Disclaimer: I am lamer in physics. I think the analogy shows that FTL (superluminal) speed exist and is experimentally observed, this doesn't contradict relativity. What contradicts relativity is _communication_ or clock synchronization faster than light. IIRC if you point powerful projector at the Moon and move it slightly, this light on Moon will move FTL at least from your point of view. Jim's horse was something like this. Check wikipedia for faster than light for more examples like this.