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There is a somewhat simpler and slightly different answer to most of the ones given here (though maybe a little 'heretical'). We need to start with a few definitions for time -Lets be clear time isn't simple, classical Newtonian time is a discontinuity with two dimensional regions and a...

Thanks Rasalhague, that kind of answers my question. Maybe I can rephrase it this way. Is the time 'now' simultaneous, specifically in the ftl region? The answer seems to be no or rather that it is impossible to answer. The contrary explanation I had been given was to do with the dimensional...

Start with a point in time and space, Relativity says that the speed of light defines the maximum velocity of propagation of information in or out of that point. Does this define the velocity of time either locally or universally (ie across the whole universe) ? The big problem is coherency...

I was looking for an answer on a similar question - put precisely what is the propagation speed of time through space, specifically in general relativity. In the past I've had conflicting information - My original suggestion was that if Relativity restricts everything to the speed of light...

Sorry to add to an old debate but someone might still read it. Re processing power, computers have more than enough processing power to execute AI today. In fact an ordinary PC probably has enough. - My spec, ballpark figures : 10 Gb of online memory, processing throughput around 1 GB per...

thanks. Thanks I think my question is at least partly answered. - Robert Lucien Addendum : Ahhh! I must be stupid I just finally figured out what you are saying - c is not an abstract number - it is inherently tied to the unit scale. So c^2 is effectively n m/s x n m/s rather than n x n...

Just a “simple” question about the speed of light and c^2. Just a “simple” question about the speed of light and c^2. My question is about the speed of light, but it is not c itself that interests me, but rather the object c^2. It seems to me that c^2 has to be variable, in fact its value...

Dear what a complex argument. This seems a simple question to me - the question is do gravitons exist ? the answer is no. The graviton is supposed to be some electromagnetic particle of quantum flux that imbues massed objects with mass - so the graviton must be emitted and absorbed it must...

Sometimes it would be very nice to be able to delete your old posts (blush). Those 'aperture engines' were actually some kind of particle accelerators basically no more than synchrotron's. And the rather embarrassing theory was speculation based on speculation. As for the bit at the end, the...

Sure - my whole point is that my theory is not ready to publish there. Half finished means exactly that. As for the IR forum the rules there are so strict that it is actually easier to get published in a big magazine like Nature. I am nowhere near getting published anywhere at the moment - sorry...

Hi Gath you asked for theories that can be tested via Gravity probe B. I have half of one that is not yet fully published or finished but I would like to mention it as it is an alternative or rather a modification to GR. My work is based primarily on looking at what might exist beyond the...

I can give you a definitive answer that AI is possible. (I've been working in Strong AI since the mid 90's, and have to say that most of the big theoretical problems were probably solved years ago. In my own work I have built up a system level model of a working sentience. In my model...

hmmmm.. this is a very complex logical problem. The answer of course is no and yes. The boat in this question is actually a metaphor for consciousness (or say a persons brain), and the real question is what happens if consciousness (or the brain) is copied. If you are the boat then where do...

Light reaches a speed of zero all the time when it hits something. I think you are seeing light wrongly, it is better to see it as a ripple in space time rather than as a massed object. Light is actually an oscillating electro-magnetic field - a wave, and in lots of ways it doesn't even...

:Changing the speed of light does nothing. How can we know? This is one of those problems where you can only really give a sensible answer by doing an experiment. Obviously your not referring to light traveling though glass or air which both lower its speed, or mirrors and other...