Faster than light
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From: Akron, Ohio
What that statement means is...
A person on earth left at speeds faster than light and arrived at Alpha Centuri - nearest star to our solar system, 3 days later. If he stayed there for 1.3 years with a telescope powerful enough to view the earth, he could watch himself leave.
A person on earth left at speeds faster than light and arrived at Alpha Centuri - nearest star to our solar system, 3 days later. If he stayed there for 1.3 years with a telescope powerful enough to view the earth, he could watch himself leave.
snitches get stitches
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From: Portland, OR
No, there isn't actually two of the same person, all you're seeing is the image, which is simply rays of light, not the actual person. It's like seeing a picture of a person and thinking the picture is the real person.
Pull my finger
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Werd, basically, since when you were at point A the light reflects off of you, as soon as instantaneous travel occurs, you are travelling faster than the speed of light, so when you get to point B, the light being reflected that bounced off of you in point A hasn't gotten to point B yet
BOOM goes the dynamite!
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The deer had to die!
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