ecoli Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Does this make sense to anyone? A man traveling faster the speed of light reaches a distant planet. Because of his speed, he reaches his destination before the light from his starting point, thus it appears that he has reached his destination before he arrived, and traveled back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Even assuming he could go faster than light (which he can't do), he wouldn't arrive before he left. A speed > C must be positive, as must the distance travelled in this instance. The result is that the time taken for the journey will be a positive value since t = D/S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 A man traveling faster the speed of light You cannot draw a valid conclusion from an invalid premise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblebum Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Well one things for sure....if you're going to use light as an instrument of travel then you won't be going any faster than it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 4, 2004 Author Share Posted December 4, 2004 You cannot draw a valid conclusion from an invalid premise. It's only a theortical circumstance. Of, course he couldn't actually travel at that speed. Also, he wouldn't actually be in the past, only appear to be. In that case could it be possible, as a theoretical situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 he would appear (or seem) to be 'ahead' of his time or to have travelled in time, when we really he hasnt. although, as all have said, this is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 It's only a theortical circumstance. Of, course he couldn't actually travel at that speed. Also, he wouldn't actually be in the past, only appear to be. In that case could it be possible, as a theoretical situation. No, it really isn't. The theory doesn't address that circumstance. There is no valid answer. It's no different than asking, "If I build a perpetual motion machine, what color would it be?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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