"Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu> wrote:
>Light can, relative to an observer, move faster than its constant, if its
>source is itself moving in such a direction that it augments the speed of
>the light it emits. This is one of the (correct) implications of Einstein's
>hypotheses. Unfortunately, the notion of the constant became translated in
>popular knowledge into an absolute maxium speed.
No, sorry Lawrence. Superluminal speeds can be reached but not by the
way you describe them. The "popular knowledge" you state here is what
Einstein's special theory of relativity states. It's admittedly not a
commonsensical notion. By the way, this one is REALLY hard to justify
being derived or mediated by social values.
Glenn
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