Comments on: How to Travel at the Speed of Light…or Faster. http://21scifi.com/2008/07/18/how-to-travel-at-the-speed-of-lightor-faster/ True Events from the Future! Sun, 20 May 2012 20:09:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Justin http://21scifi.com/2008/07/18/how-to-travel-at-the-speed-of-lightor-faster/#comment-601 Justin Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:59:30 +0000 http://21scifi.com/2008/07/18/how-to-travel-at-the-speed-of-lightor-faster/#comment-601 This is EXACTLY what I've been thinking about since I found out about the Higgs field/boson, however. I'm not certain I agree with your suggestion that a ship that has lowered its mass to that of a feather, could achieve FTL travel. I was under the impression that mass, accelerated to the speed of light, regardless of amount, would be increased to infinity. It is my personal opinion that literally everything is possible. If what this article suggests is true, all reality may be virtual. Thus leading to infinite possibilities: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-matter-is-merely-vacuum-fluctuations.html This is EXACTLY what I’ve been thinking about since I found out about the Higgs field/boson, however. I’m not certain I agree with your suggestion that a ship that has lowered its mass to that of a feather, could achieve FTL travel. I was under the impression that mass, accelerated to the speed of light, regardless of amount, would be increased to infinity.

It is my personal opinion that literally everything is possible. If what this article suggests is true, all reality may be virtual. Thus leading to infinite possibilities:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-matter-is-merely-vacuum-fluctuations.html

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