Re:Why nothing can go faster than the speed of light
by stephth on Monday February 21, 2011 @03:08AM
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I went through your comments and you mentioned that "in a nutshell" the fact that there's no such thing as a full stop in space is why "this explanation is actually doing a disservice". But that's confusing to me because she clearly stated - relatively to motion - "Those things are true, but we're ignoring that kind of stuff right now."
Can you point out exactly where she crossed the line in your opinion?
Re:Why nothing can go faster than the speed of light
by burgerbrain on Monday February 21, 2011 @03:20AM
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The confusion being expressed among commenters here is what I'm basing my assertion off of. Simplification is fine, but I think in this case it pretty clearly set a lot of people down the wrong track.
In my opinion, she failed to properly do that and crossed the line between "helpfully simplifying" and "incorrect".