if i could run faster than the speed of light...

[marconi]

elsparko - good man for making the effort to ponder some hard things about the Universe and the physics which describes it.

I am the one to tell you that space and time are not two distinct abstract things unrelated, unconnected or independent of one another. Eventually you had to know this - sorry to disappoint you.

As Einstein said - 'space and time are modes by which we think but not the reality in which with exist'. This is the gist of special relativity.

Gravity Probe B - Special & General Relativity Questions and Answers - https://einstein.stanford.edu/content/relativity/q909.html

 

[elsparko]

elsparko - good man for making the effort to ponder some hard things about the Universe and the physics which describes it.

I am the one to tell you that space and time are not two distinct abstract things unrelated, unconnected or independent of one another. Eventually you had to know this - sorry to disappoint you.

As Einstein said - 'space and time are modes by which we think but not the reality in which with exist'. This is the gist of special relativity.

Gravity Probe B - Special & General Relativity Questions and Answers - https://einstein.stanford.edu/content/relativity/q909.html

yeah, the universe is certainly a strange place

 

[elsparko]

like infinity, it technically is not something quantifiable, there is no number bigger than infinity, but if you say infinity +1 there is a bigger number but both are essentially the same

 

[marconi]

yeah, the universe is certainly a strange place

Poor yourself a dram of your favourite whisky, and when it is dark look up at the sky and toast the mystery and wonder of the 'whatever it is' we live in. And Who willed its existence.

 

[marconi]

like infinity, it technically is not something quantifiable, there is no number bigger than infinity, but if you say infinity +1 there is a bigger number but both are essentially the same

And there different types/sizes of infinity:

Strange but True: Infinity Comes in Different Sizes - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-infinity-comes-in-different-sizes/

 

[Darkwood]

just me, if im running faster than light then i should be able to run into myself, or at least see myself begin running (running round a sphere and not in a straight line)

would the "me" that i run up behind be solid matter though?

Forgetting the impossible task of doing this for a moment -
No it wouldn't be a solid you, you are only seeing information of the past IE like when we look at the stars at night, the light you see is like a video or photo of what was and thus is not solid, like in VR when you believe there is a real person in front of you but it is merely an impression of the past in the form of light.

 

[pirate]

Fascinating stuff this! Thanks particularly to Darkwood and Marconi...so, I guess wee Jenny's safe after all?

 

[littlespark]

We're all electricians here (most of us), Surely we can come up with the 1.21 gigawatts and the 88mph needed to travel back in time.

 

[Kamikaze]

We're all electricians here (most of us), Surely we can come up with the 1.21 gigawatts and the 88mph needed to travel back in time.

You draw us a picture of the device on the back of a big enough check and we will make it happen.

 

[static zap]

Ignoring time travel (and several other laws-getting broken)
(No. of Gs splatting you like a bug !)
, you could run thru your image ,as it tries to catch up with you.
But there will be only one solid version of you -

 

[Kamikaze]

Wasn’t there once a cowboy that could shoot faster than his shadow?

 

[telectrix]

if he could possibly run that fast, he'd meet up with his previous self and vanish up his own arse hole. that would contravene newton's 4th law..... when the ---- hits the fan, the good get going.

 

[Darkwood]

I deleted the last few posts, @elsparko - this is a very interesting and mind provoking thread so let's not drag it down with crude toilet humour please.
It is a subject you may have guessed that I have an interest in as I love the complexity and mind challenging field that is quantum physics, if you really want your mind stretch then just ask and I'll add more input to keep the thread burning

 

[Darkwood]

Fascinating stuff this! Thanks particularly to Darkwood and Marconi...so, I guess wee Jenny's safe after all?

After 40yrs of been interested in the cosmology, quantum physics and general sciences I have amassed quite a nerd level knowledge of how nature works ...
There exists only one greater challenge than the Theory of Everything (ToE) for man to understand and that is a woman's mind, I went for quantum because I want to at least have a chance to understand it in my lifetime.

 

[ruston]

After 40yrs of been interested in the cosmology, quantum physics and general sciences I have amassed quite a nerd level knowledge of how nature works ...
There exists only one greater challenge than the Theory of Everything (ToE) for man to understand and that is a woman's mind, I went for quantum because I want to at least have a chance to understand it in my lifetime.

A man was walking along a Florida beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it, and out popped a genie.

The genie said, "OK, You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah. This is the fourth time this month, and I'm getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three... You only get one wish!"

The man sat, and thought about it for a while and said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm scared to fly, and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over there to visit?"

The genie laughed and said, "That's impossible!!!

Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete -- how much steel!! No, think of another wish."

The man said, "OK, I'll try to think of a really good wish."

Finally, he said, "I've been married and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don't care and that I'm insensitive.

So, I wish that I could understand women, know how they feel inside, and what they're thinking when they give me the silent treatment. Know why they're crying, know what they really want when they say "nothing,", know how to make them truly happy."

The genie said, "Do you want that bridge to be two lanes or four