Thread: Does anyone NOT find nerdiness endearing?

Originally Posted by KT.

Well according to Einstein, by traveling at the speed of light one would age slower than a person not traveling at the speed of light. You could interpret this as traveling into the future.

travelling into the future is a possibility with our current knowledge of the universe (we just don't have the technology to make the vehicle that would travel that fast and for that long)

but yes, exceeding the speed of light would mean that, according to observers travelling slower than you, you are going backwards in time. we know this because of einstein's finding that there is no such thing as absolute time, rather time is unique to observers depending on where they are stationed, the gravity affecting them and the speed at which they are travelling.

this has been a vaguely true mainstay of science fiction for a long, long time

basically: you know nothing

Originally Posted by KT.

To the observer on earth, the one traveling at or faster than light speed would moving at a slower rate, not moving back in time.

How does this make any sense? (Answer: it doesn't.)

Originally Posted by KT.

To the observer on earth,

Okay, all good so far...

Originally Posted by KT.

the one traveling at or faster than light speed

...Yep, still following...

Originally Posted by KT.

would moving at a slower rate

...Ah, here's where my train of thought runs off its rails.