Re: Speed limit at C a misconception?

Skywise <into@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:11glduqtnb7k010
@corp.supernews.com:

<Snipola>
> I guess my real concern was that people who don't know any
> better are going to read the news story and read this statement
> about this 'popular misconception' and get the wrong idea.

As I feared. As I write this I'm listening to a radio talk
show, for which the host is generally not an idiot, but he's
talking about this light going faster than light stuff. He's
way out of his league and admits he doesn't understand it,
but suspect what's probably going to happen.

There's now a unch of people thinking they know something
special and the next time someone says nothing can go faster
than light, these people are going to pipe up and exclaim,
"WRONG! I heard on the radio that some scientists made light
that goes faster than the speed of light."

I suspect many people will now expect it's possible to make
a spaceship go faster than light.

<sigh>

Brian
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