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To: zaxtres

In post #30 in this thread, posted on 12/10/2020, 7:05:54 AM by zaxtres (`), you wrote: “By leveraging this property of nature, we truly can go faster than light.”


86 posted on 12/10/2020 8:28:16 AM PST by dinodino ( )
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To: dinodino

In post #30 in this thread, posted on 12/10/2020, 7:05:54 AM by zaxtres (`), you wrote: “By leveraging this property of nature, we truly can go faster than light.”


And you take that out of context quite literally. Reread the paragraph.

It states

But this interpretation of Einstein omits an important caveat: all of this is only true in the vacuum of purely, perfectly empty space. Through a medium of any type — whether that’s air, water, glass, acrylic, or any gas, liquid, or solid — light travels at a measurably slower speed. Energetic particles, on the other hand, are only bound to travel slower than light in a vacuum, not light in a medium. By leveraging this property of nature, we truly can go faster than light.

Second I am not the one speaking here. The author of the article is which I clearly state is an article in the line “I choose to believe both but with the caveat mentioned in the below article.”

Again lack of reading comprehension. So I will spell it out for you. The paragraph is talking about how the speed of light slows down when it hits a medium such as the Earth’s Atmosphere. It is possible for a particle to travel faster than the speed of light in a medium, such as the Earth’s Atmosphere. Now quit being idiotic.


98 posted on 12/10/2020 8:48:19 AM PST by zaxtres (`)
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