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> If you believe that the Bell Test is correct -- you must equal-and-oppositely believe that the speed of light is NOT the upper limit of speed in the universe,

> If you believe that the Bell Test is correct -- you must equal-and-oppositely believe that the speed of light is NOT the upper limit of speed in the universe, that is, that Faster-Than-Light (FTL) speeds are possible. That's not exactly correct, you just have to forgo locality, which some interpretations of quantum mechanics do, like the Bohmian one. Like the sibling comment points out, this still doesn't permit faster-than-light communication.

peter_d_sherman 6y ago
>"That's not exactly correct, you just have to forgo locality, which some interpretations of quantum mechanics do, like the Bohmian one. Like the sibling comment points out, this still doesn't permit faster-than-light communication." Er, yes, but, forgoing locality -- changes the definition of speed -- because it changes the definition of distance: Speed = Distance / Time If you forgo locality, then you are now able to modify distance in this equation, that is, your equation now looks like this: Speed = ((Distance * NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR) / Time) That's because, let's say you have a black hole/quantum entangled particle/stargate/thing A at one point in the universe that immediately influences thing B at some distance to it in the universe (call this "connected" concept by whatever name or metaphor you will), etc. Well, if so, then the NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR is there to adjust the shorter distance to the longer one. Like let's say you had a stargate linking two points in the universe, and you walked 10 feet into it, but this 10 feet, after you had walked it, resulted in you appearing halfway across the universe. OK, so that's 10 feet in local movement, in local distance, but billions of miles of actual (but non-local) distance. That's why you now need NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR in your equation, because you've redefined Speed in terms of it. But, by redefining Speed (which must occur, by forgoing locality!), you now have agreed (because it is implied) that anything faster than light (communication, travel etc.) can now occur, that is -- all you need is a high enough NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR in the equation for speed -- which you get by forgoing locality...

peter_d_sherman 6y ago

>"That's not exactly correct, you just have to forgo locality, which some interpretations of quantum mechanics do, like the Bohmian one. Like the sibling comment points out, this still doesn't permit faster-than-light communication." Er, yes, but, forgoing locality -- changes the definition of speed -- because it changes the definition of distance: Speed = Distance / Time If you forgo locality, then you are now able to modify distance in this equation, that is, your equation now looks like this: Speed = ((Distance * NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR) / Time) That's because, let's say you have a black hole/quantum entangled particle/stargate/thing A at one point in the universe that immediately influences thing B at some distance to it in the universe (call this "connected" concept by whatever name or metaphor you will), etc. Well, if so, then the NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR is there to adjust the shorter distance to the longer one. Like let's say you had a stargate linking two points in the universe, and you walked 10 feet into it, but this 10 feet, after you had walked it, resulted in you appearing halfway across the universe. OK, so that's 10 feet in local movement, in local distance, but billions of miles of actual (but non-local) distance. That's why you now need NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR in your equation, because you've redefined Speed in terms of it. But, by redefining Speed (which must occur, by forgoing locality!), you now have agreed (because it is implied) that anything faster than light (communication, travel etc.) can now occur, that is -- all you need is a high enough NON_LOCALITY_SCALING_FACTOR in the equation for speed -- which you get by forgoing locality...