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Which of the Basic Assumptions of Modern Physics are Wrong?

As a Sci-Fi fan, "Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light" would be a nice one to be wrong



For what it's worth, it's not "Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light" so much as "Moving faster than light is a concept which makes no sense physically."


I'm sure this theory will be proven to be not entirely correct someday. As a corollary, I expect that e=mc^2 will also be slightly modified.


I don't know from what background you're making that statement but in general it's good for people to know that E=mc^2 only when the object is at rest, otherwise you must account for momentum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence...


Your comment looks kind of greyed out. I may have accidentally downvoted you while trying to click on your name. Sorry 'bout that.


Unfortunately the universe doesn't care about what you'd like.




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