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From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg)
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Subject: Re: Re: Question on FTL and quantum mechanics
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Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 10:59:23 EST
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> You ought to read up on tachyons which are particles moving faster
> than light.  They can't slow down in the same way that we can't speed
> up to c.  There is no known evidence of tachyons.

Tachyons are dead.  Some respected physicist published a paper on them
once.  There were many replies, to the effect of, "you made a mistake in
your physics."  The guy then said, "oops", and that was the end of it.

The some non-physicists discovered the original article and published much
literature about it.

Sorry that I don't remember any of the names involved.
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			Greg Kuperberg
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