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Re:Depp to Star as a Supercomputer in Christopher Nolan Film... by fusiongyro on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @05:30PM (#4912816)
It's exactly as egotistical as saying nothing can travel faster than light, with exactly the same ramifications.
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Re:Depp to Star as a Supercomputer in Christopher Nolan Film... by finnw on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @06:06PM (#4912992)
> nothing can travel faster than light

That is a tautology (because the inverse is a paradox: If you prove something has travelled faster than light, that would invalidate the current definition of "faster.")

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Re:Depp to Star as a Supercomputer in Christopher Nolan Film... by fusiongyro on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @06:09PM (#4913019)
That hasn't stopped FTL travel from being a mainstay of science fiction, which is my point.
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