data Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 "We have high confidence in our results. We have checked and rechecked for anything that could have distorted our measurements but we found nothing," he said. "We now want colleagues to check them independently." If confirmed, the discovery would undermine Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of special relativity, which says that the speed of light is a "cosmic constant" and that nothing in the universe can travel faster. That assertion, which has withstood over a century of testing, is one of the key elements of the so-called Standard Model of physics, which attempts to describe the way the universe and everything in it works. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/us-science-light-idUSTRE78L4FH20110922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Fuck CERN, lets go shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I won't believe it until someone else runs tests in a different facility entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 It's true. I'm making this post from The Future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 how did they know there wasnt just 2 same particles along way apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 how did they know there wasnt just 2 same particles along way apart yeah man, good point, there was some affair going couple of years ago, uhh with some photons passing a uhh filter you know, and the spin was passed from one to another in 'no time' I can't remember cos I went shopping, but it was quantum mechanics related. But seriously there are those two big theories,relativity and q.m. one for large scale the other for small scale world explanation, and if Einstein's is proved wrong, that world how we understand it, will just disappear, philosophically spoken. God, Dr. hat would contribute to that topic :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 If Einstein's theory about nothing being faster than light is disproved I'll be happy. That theory pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 /me preorders a neutrino modem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 If Einstein's theory about nothing being faster than light is disproved I'll be happy. That theory pisses me off. innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Quite. I refuse to believe I can't go warp 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Scientist1: "There seems to be a problem with the time machine!" Scientist2: "That's funny it was working tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Quite. I refuse to believe I can't go warp 9. fuck warp 9, I'm going to plaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 izzziiiiiiiiiiiit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazador Mod Unit Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 hate that speed of light prohibition too. I remember reading a crazy theory about the universe being actually holographic but it was too cool so I discarded it as a sci-fi hoax, I think they explain how it is possible to be in two places at the same time like sup says, it's nice stuff for daydreaming.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 on a few unfortunate occasions my bowels have moved faster than light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 lol and still no new afx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 If Einstein's theory about nothing being faster than light is disproved I'll be happy. That theory pisses me off. lol me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Now they just need to figure out how to tie a tow rope to a neutrino and we're all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazador Mod Unit Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I just woke up from the initial shock so here is my real reaction text. W H A T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I can't believe those crazy theorists that invented tachyons could be right. If they're existence will be confirmed, we are about to witness (or contribute) to another revolution in physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Haha, Einstein was such a moron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Maybe it was just disproving that gravity slows things down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 So if I start training now, I might be able to move faster than the speed of light in a couple of years. Awesome! ;p /flash gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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