Well, it's not *that* bad. We've managed to do everything we've done with the current laws... so those aren't awfully out... it probably just means tweeks all-over the place (iff, it's actually true! ) It might help explain things that couldn't be explained before- or it might allow us to do things we didn't think we could do before... it's unlikely to stoip us doing the things we've been doing
No, I mean, imagine something like a macro quantum effect, where the speed of light lies between two quantum speeds - you'd never be going /at/ the speed of light, only slower or faster, without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace.
The Nobel Committee knows where to get hold of me, if they need to.
he says that if it is right, it could require a complete rewriting of our understanding of the laws of the Universe. oh yippee!
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not *that* bad. We've managed to do everything we've done with the current laws... so those aren't awfully out... it probably just means tweeks all-over the place (iff, it's actually true! )
ReplyDeleteIt might help explain things that couldn't be explained before- or it might allow us to do things we didn't think we could do before... it's unlikely to stoip us doing the things we've been doing
you and me may not be on the same planet!
ReplyDeleteI always understood that nothing could travel /at/ the speed of light, but above or below was up for grabs.
ReplyDeleteah, perhaps you take things too literally ...
ReplyDeleteNo, I mean, imagine something like a macro quantum effect, where the speed of light lies between two quantum speeds - you'd never be going /at/ the speed of light, only slower or faster, without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace.
ReplyDeleteThe Nobel Committee knows where to get hold of me, if they need to.
What? By the fuzzy-bits?
ReplyDeleteOh, and...
ReplyDelete"Neutrino!"
"Knock!, Knock!"
Gosh! I'd never considered that implication - this could change the whole concept of comedy as we know it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.milkandcookies.com/link/269559/detail/?
ReplyDeleteWhat we don't understand about the speed of light
ReplyDeletehttp://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/what-we-dont-understand-about-the-speed-of-light.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
Gravity May Have Thrown Off Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Calculations/
ReplyDeleteSo, sounds like the Alps can cause Gravitational Lensing - Well Duh!
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/your-morning-dose-of-feynman.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/28/physicists-check-neutrinos-faster-light
ReplyDelete64 nanoseconds?
ReplyDeletePfft.
Last week?
Interesting.
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Re-Tested: Same Result
ReplyDelete{Gets some popcorm}
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Caused by Loose Cable?
ReplyDeleteBBC:Neutrinos clocked at light-speed in new Icarus test
ReplyDelete(Obvious I suppose, else we'd have seen a burst of neutrinos before the light from distant events such as supernovas)
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