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Chances are FTL communication is not possible. http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=612 http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=61
by thangalin 13y ago
Chances are FTL communication is not possible.
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=612 http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=612
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superluminal_communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superluminal_communication
The book, "Why E=mc^2" is an exceptional read. If I recall correctly, it explains why light-speed is a universal limit:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Brian-Cox/dp/0306819112 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-mc2-Brian-Cox/dp/0306819112
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- leoc 13y agoMind you, this would imply that the telcos probably can't send data FTL either, so it's all good. :)
- jerf 13y agoStating whether FTL communication is possible at all may require hedging. Stating that it can't occur over quantum superposition does not, as I understand it. The math is clear; there's no information traveling. It does not matter how sophisticated our quantum computers get, there will not be any FTL communication coming out of them. If we could do that at all, we'd almost certainly be able to to it today, anyhow. We have multi-q-bit QM computers, they just aren't of a practical size for computation. But if FTL communication was possible, it would have been done with them already.