Awesome_Pineapple wrote

-3D wrote

Awesome_Pineapple wrote If you could somehow see the Earth, the year would still be 2012, because the events that have happened on Earth in the time after can't be seen yet because the light hasn't travelled to the place where you are in the universe.

Now, you say that the events after that haven't happened because the light hasn't travelled there yet. But do we actually need light for events in time to happen? Because all light is is, well light. If there is no light (A pitch black room for example) things can still happen. So how does your/Einstein's theory correct about that part?


But the whole post is very interesting. I mean, I doubt that we will ever, ever travel anywhere near the speed of light! I mean, think about it. Imagine travelling at 299 792 458 M/S! That's 670618296 MPH! We would probably die due to the immense amount of G-force on us!

No, no. The events happened two years ago in real-time but the way someone 2 lightyears away sees them is that they are just happening. It's hard to understand let alone explain. Let me use an analogy. Let's say there is a small cloud raining over a city 2 miles away. It's raining on that city but not in your city. Once the cloud travels two miles to your city, it is raining. Light is what projects images as well. It travels and cannot project things immediately, so if you are 2 lightyears away there's some "video lag". Sorry if I messed that up for you, don't fell stupid for not understanding it, because I'm awful at teaching things.

Oh woah, very, very confusing but I do kinda understand

iyop45 wrote I think you have overlooked the entire concept of relativity. If you consider the equation e=mc^2, it clearly states that as an object nears the speed of light its mass incrementally increases. So if you then involve f=ma you can surely see that to reach the speed of light alone requires "mathematically" an infinite supply of energy. So, to exceed this is simply not possible; Light travels travels at its such speeds because of its properties as waves/photons, they simply don't have mass.

Basically you can ponder what you want but, it's not only impossible during our lifetimes but will remain that way forever more.

There is more I could argue with but, I don't want to drag this on. Einsteins theory of relativity is not a hoax.

Ahhhhh.... Good post there I didn't even think about that. That's why what I was reading was saying 99% the speed of light, not the speed of light. ;) you sir get an up rating.