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To: Moonman62; Physicist
If you aren't invoking causality, who is?

Here--->Inflation

This is a very remarkable behavior. It means that two points that are initially in causal contact (d < dH) will expand so rapidly that they will eventually be causally disconnected. Put another way, two points in space whose relative velocity due to expansion is less than the speed of light will eventually be flying apart from each other at greater than the speed of light! Note that there is absolutely no violation of the principles of relativity. Relative velocities v > c are allowed in general relativity as long as the observers are sufficiently separated in space.

That to me, means that things can go faster than light, you just can't "see" them.

267 posted on 06/17/2003 9:44:05 AM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
Define causality. Then explain to me why FTL violates causality.
268 posted on 06/17/2003 9:55:58 AM PDT by Physicist
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