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Old 23-09-2011, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bojan View Post
Alex,
let them first confirm their results (that means somebody else must repeat the result of the measurement) .
Then we shall see what happens next.
As far as speed of light in vacuum is concerned, no-one said it is the highest speed.. it is just a constant.
Particle with any rest mass greater that 0 can't be accelerated to c ( because for that we need to apply infinite amount of energy...) but if "particle" has imaginary mass (tachyon), it can travel with speed higher than c and no postulate is violated (OK, Carl, you can shoot me now)
Firstly I typed the last post before seeing your post Bojan.
It will be a storm in a tea cup maybe...but I do like to think one may be witnessing a moment of history...the prospect of something new etc...

BUT faster than c and if they have mass that would be news.

alex
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