[_ Old Earth _] any christians here believe in astronomy?

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[ArtGuy]

*backs up to the beginning of the thread at the speed of light... electricity actually*

... What if there exist something faster than light that it can cover 15 billion light year distance in mere minutes?...

Oh, you mean like, tachyons? 8-)

The theoretical particle that has never shown any evidence of its existence, and which is chiefly argued for in the more-or-less discredited string theory? Yes, that's certainly a possibility.

More likely, tachyons are mathematical constructs similar to the quantum wave function. That is, they're useful in describing some equations, but have no actual physical analog. In fact, it's generally considered a bad thing in the physics world when you propose a theory that involves tachyons, specifically because they're entities which violate more or less everything we know about particle physics. It'd be kind of like a chemistry theory which requires that we have elements that contain half a proton.

 

[ArtGuy]

*backs up to the beginning of the thread at the speed of light... electricity actually*

... What if there exist something faster than light that it can cover 15 billion light year distance in mere minutes?...

Oh, you mean like, tachyons? 8-)

The theoretical particle that has never shown any evidence of its existence, and which is chiefly argued for in the more-or-less discredited string theory? Yes, that's certainly a possibility.

More likely, tachyons are mathematical constructs similar to the quantum wave function. That is, they're useful in describing some equations, but have no actual physical analog. In fact, it's generally considered a bad thing in the physics world when you propose a theory that involves tachyons, specifically because they're entities which violate more or less everything we know about particle physics. It'd be kind of like a chemistry theory which requires that we have elements that contain half a proton.

 

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[ArtGuy]

*backs up to the beginning of the thread at the speed of light... electricity actually*

... What if there exist something faster than light that it can cover 15 billion light year distance in mere minutes?...

Oh, you mean like, tachyons? 8-)

The theoretical particle that has never shown any evidence of its existence, and which is chiefly argued for in the more-or-less discredited string theory? Yes, that's certainly a possibility.

More likely, tachyons are mathematical constructs similar to the quantum wave function. That is, they're useful in describing some equations, but have no actual physical analog. In fact, it's generally considered a bad thing in the physics world when you propose a theory that involves tachyons, specifically because they're entities which violate more or less everything we know about particle physics. It'd be kind of like a chemistry theory which requires that we have elements that contain half a proton.

 

[ArtGuy]

Other indications also exist there was another light in the past. For example, Adam could not have seen the stars with the present light, and it's speed, they were too far away.

You're begging the question. You can't use the claim that Adam couldn't have seen the light because it hadn't sufficient time to reach him in order to assert that the universe must be young. If the stars had been around for a few billion years, then we wouldn't have this problem.

People see a light at the end of a tunnel sometimes, in the life after death experiences. What kind of light is that?

You mean the perception of bright light caused by a combination of pupil dilation and increased activity within the visual cortex? I think it's called "not real". And it's safe to say that this fake light doesn't travel faster than c, at any rate.

 

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Other indications also exist there was another light in the past. For example, Adam could not have seen the stars with the present light, and it's speed, they were too far away.

This is begging the question. You can't assume that the light must have been traveling really fast in order to reach Adam, and then use this as evidence that the light must've been traveling really fast in order to reach Adam.

People see a light at the end of a tunnel sometimes, in the life after death experiences. What kind of light is that?

You mean the "light" that's a combination of pupil dilation and irregular activity within the visual cortex? I think that's called "fake light". ;)

 

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