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That said, I'd prefer to travel in imaginary time.<br>
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On 6/10/2010 8:54 AM, Paul Zinn-Justin wrote:
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That is incorrect. Some quantities might become imaginary but that is a
mathematical artefact.<br>
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On 06/10/2010 03:45 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
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type="cite">It is also not clear that moving faster than the speed of
light would
allow you to go backward in time. If the mathematics of the
relativity equations correctly describes reality, then a velocity
greater than the speed of light puts you not into negative time but
into imaginary time.<br>
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