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...Now that we are somewhat confused about what happens when we approach the speed of light, and we have seen that going the speed of light is impossible, and that something does the impossible and goes the speed of light - light, let us imagine a way to muddy the waters even more. Let us try to envision a method given the technology we have right now to "approach," "match," or "exceed" the speed of light. Can we do it... well, theoretically I believe we can. We can do it by either swinging something of a sufficient length fast enough, or we can piggyback "frameworks" so that the sum of their velocities meet our requirements. Let us examine the effect of piggybacking.
Let us imagine a 10-mile straight railroad track fixed to the Earth. Imagine a 9-mile long Train that travels at an average of 60 miles an hour so that from the time the back of the train is at the beginning of the track until the front of the train is at the end of the track is just 1 minute. Imagine now there is a 9-mile straight railroad track fixed to the 9-mile long train and on that track is an 8-mile long train that runs and average of 60 miles an hour. Then an 8-mile railroad track and on that a 7-mile long train going and average of 60 miles an hour. And on that an 7-mile track with a 6-mile train, and on that a 6-mile train with a 5-mile train. A 5-mile track with a 4-mile train. A 4-mile track with a 3-mile train. A 3-mile track with a 2-mile train. A 2-mile train with a 1 mile train. An regular engine. All going an average of 60 mile an hour. Now the engine gets to the end of the 1- mile track in one minute, right. That is one mile in one minute. But wait the end of the 1-mile track is at the end of the 2-mile track. So the engine is actually at the end of the 2-mile track too, so it actually traveled 2 miles in a minute or 120 miles an hour. See how this goes? The end of each train is at the end of the track it is sitting on. So actually the engine has actually gone 10 miles in a minute, or 600 miles an hour. Really???
Now the Bermuda Triangle… suppose that a ship is traveling V miles an hour. Suppose that he is traveling in such a way that the rotation of the Earth adds V1 to his velocity. Also suppose that it is traveling in such a way that the Earth’s revolution around the sun adds V2, and that the Solar System’s revolution around the Milky Way adds V3, and whatever movement the Milky Way makes adds V4. There may be even move “ambient” movement that adds to this velocity so let us establish a “ith” velocity called Vi. So can we say that the actually velocity of this ship is Vr = V+V1+V2+V3+V4+...+Vi. What happens when Vr approaches the speed of light. The Bermuda Triangle.
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