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   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   JTEM wrote:   
   > On 10/24/25 2:51 PM, jojo wrote:   
   >> JTEM wrote:   
   >>> On 10/23/25 5:22 PM, jojo wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> how would we know it went faster than light?   
   >>>   
   >>> We could still send conventional signals at light speed. So the   
   >>> confirmation message, traveling at light speed, would arrive   
   >>> sometime after the message.   
   >>>   
   >>> You only need to do this once to prove the concept.   
   >   
   >> wouldnt it create a logical problem? lets say light takes 1   
   >> second to reach it, but it travels 5x faster, so the detector   
   >> receives a signal before its sent by the transmitter?   
   >   
   > That would be the whole point!   
   >   
   > The immediate application would be interstellar communication.   
   > There's   
   > a big delay even when communicating with equipment on Mars!  Imagine   
   > other solar systems...   
   >   
   > So if it worked, but only to an extant as you describe, that cuts   
   > the   
   > time down by more than 80%!!!!!   
   >   
   > Under a hyper funking SciFi scenario? We might put a detector on   
   > Mars   
   > or in an orbiter beyond Mars, equipped with the detector &   
   > transmitter.   
   > Then when something bad happens we immediately send it, and it   
   > arrives   
   > before it left. Then it immediately repeats the message back to us,   
   > arriving still further before we sent it. Maybe we could avoid the   
   > negative event, or start responding before it even strikes?   
   >   
      
   if the signal is travelling to the past, that could violate   
   causality right? a signal was received but the sender changes   
   their mind to send.   
      
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