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Would the exchange of information faster than c...

mreddie1611
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Would the exchange of information at a speed faster than c be equivalent to sending information into the past?

It would be equivalent to sending information toward past information. Does information have its own present or does it always refer to some other moment in time that it re-presents?

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It would be equivalent to sending information toward past information. Does information have its own present or does it always refer to some other moment in time that it re-presents?

 

Umm does not compute.

At the risk of repeating what lemur said in case I don't get it.

Information about future events could reach past events. That is effects could precede causes.

I just realised this would do strange things to the laws of thermodynamics and OWWW MY BRAIN!

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