It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Traveling faster than light is impossible and impractical even if it were possible.
- In plain terms
- Faster light space travel is impossible anyway so it is not worth worrying about.
- What can you take from it?
- Limits can be reassuring rather than limiting.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do limits protect us?
- Why do we chase impossibility?
Another view
It dismisses scientific ambition for a trivial reason.
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