The only way to go faster is for you to have no mass. To not be 'material'. Which , coincidentally, is in the Bible as well. It may even explain why we see those glowing orbs that zip around the sky violating the laws of physics. Maybe they aren't 'material', don't have 'mass'.
Over the years, I've had an abiding interest in such things, and have spent a good deal of time reading what some heretical physicists have to say about the subject.
What you outlined above, is something I've read in such writings many times - i.e., that in order to move faster than light, you first have to reduce an object's mass to zero. Some theorists even go so far as to explain how that can be done, using technologies that we're now on the cusp of developing.
It's a fascinating subject, and I hope to see the ftl puzzle unlocked during my lifetime.
I’m still puzzled over FTP!
“and have spent a good deal of time reading what some heretical physicists “
I think you meant ‘theoretical’, but heretical is funnier.
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