Can Traveling Faster Than Light Lead to Negative Time Travel?

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The discussion centers on the implications of traveling faster than the speed of light (c) and its potential relation to negative time travel. Participants clarify that material objects cannot exceed the speed of light, emphasizing that concepts like length, mass, and time are not proportional in the context of superluminal travel. The consensus is that traveling at or above the speed of light is not feasible, and thus, negative time travel remains a theoretical concept without practical application.

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ok, so i understandthat if i travel near the speed of light for a while and come back on Earth than i would be younger than the rest...but what if i travel x2 c than does it relate to -ve time travel?
since length, mass, time are proportional to motion, how does it relate to traveling more than the speed of light??
 
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shawn1990 said:
ok, so i understandthat if i travel near the speed of light for a while and come back on Earth than i would be younger than the rest...but what if i travel x2 c than does it relate to -ve time travel?
Material objects can't move at or above c.

shawn1990 said:
since length, mass, time are proportional to motion, how does it relate to traveling more than the speed of light??

I don't think you mean "proportional," do you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(mathematics)
 
@shawn1990 ,dude nothing can bypass the speed of light >.<
 

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