[mkirkpatrick]

That would be possible Antonio, if we can reduce resistance to zero, absolute zero,then superluminal speed would be a walk in the park?

kind regards michael.

[Guille]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao The new idol of physics would be someone who makes superluminal speed a reality.

That is possible if and only if the particle or body in question is time and mass independent, right?

[Mohan.C]

Just some clarification, what do you mean when you say time independent. I see the Antonio's signature but nothing goes into my head.

[Guille]

Originally Posted by Mohan.C Just some clarification, what do you mean when you say time independent. I see the Antonio's signature but nothing goes into my head.

Antonio can answer the question. I think it just means the speed is independent of time, but I'm not sure. I said time independence and mass independence because they were in his signature.

[humanbydefault]

It is obvious by now and generally seen as universal the fact the every measurement influence the outcome of itself. Take for example the latest neutrino oscillation discovering in MINOS. If we were to measure the same neutrino wave produced inside the particle accelerator we would obtain different "particles" at different distances from the beam source and there will be a "region" of space where no "particle" and "no wave" could be possibly detected. The old quote "Watched teapot never boils" was directed THEN to the relative limit of the human patience. No visual act could influence in any way the time water will boil since there is no "physical conection" betwen both of them. Centuries ago it was thought that our vision was light going out from our eyes, but that is history. However when today physicists measure the quantum world in their labs they use all kind of radiation [laser, short wavelength radio waves, etc] and those DO influence the outcome in a definitive way.

One last word if I may about the speed of light. The speed of light is constant for each frequency of light. Just as electrons [a different type of quantum of E-M energy] move at different velocities due to their intrinsic energy content so photons of different colors move accordingly to the same principle.
The vacuum does not change much where we have done those experiments but the actual detection of the small difference between the speed of each color photons is going to be a task for the far future. We have just open a new chapter with MINOS experiments and light is a long way ahead of today's science... We could say is part of today's science fiction.
Our apparatus are not able to detect the small difference on speed across the vacuum between those photons with different intrinsic energy since it would demand a high level of instrumental sophistication that we don't have yet. Our minds [however] CAN AND SHOULD go beyond those "technical barriers and "predict" what the future holds...

HUMANBYDEFAULT

[AntonioLao]

If you get two aces in a game of blackjack, the logical thing to do is to double down or nothing. But if you win then you get twice the amount of your bets. In the physical world, this double pleasures are time independence and space independence or spacetime independence. Realistically, we can't have both. However, the true vacuum has it! And the outcome is that it cannot be measured.

[Guille]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao If you get two aces in a game of blackjack, the logical thing to do is to double down or nothing. But if you win then you get twice the amount of your bets. In the physical world, this double pleasures are time independence and space independence or spacetime independence. Realistically, we can't have both. However, the true vacuum has it! And the outcome is that it cannot be measured.

And can we be space and mass independent, or time and mass independent (or are both also impossible)?

[AntonioLao]

Originally Posted by GUILLE And can we be space and mass independent, or time and mass independent (or are both also impossible)?

It is our belief that we will win which made the casinos to remain open for business, for they know the secret of the ultimate law of probability of knowing when to quit when you are ahead.

[Guille]

Originally Posted by AntonioLao It is our belief that we will win which made the casinos to remain open for business, for they know the secret of the ultimate law of probability of knowing when to quit when you are ahead.

Can you elaborate this and put into the physical means? (I knwo whatit means as example, but the human mind is only capable of going from concept to example, not from example to concept.)

[AntonioLao]

Originally Posted by GUILLE Can you elaborate this and put into the physical means?

The increase of entropy as stated in the 2nd law of thermodynamics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...thermodynamics and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics