Re: FTL transmission?

From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Thu Jun 01 2000 - 14:11:10 MDT


Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> Brian Atkins writes:
>
> > Anyway, what you are describing is not the kind of paradox people keep
> > going on about. It seems like whenever talk of FTL communications comes
> > up, people start spouting off about the future, the past, paradoxes, etc.
> > Just seems silly to me.
>
> Maybe the people who're spouting off about FTL signalling being
> equivalent to time travel have a reason for what they're saying. As to
> being silly, reality is ridiculously silly. The more we depart from
> area common sense was designed for, the more ridiculous it looks.

Maybe they do have a reason, but neither they nor anyone here has
been able to explain it.



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