Quote from: Sandtrap on December 01, 2014, 12:03:12 PMThe only problem with that is the fact that if you were to move faster than light, we'd leave our universe. If we were take your theory into account.We don't want to leave our universe. We want to travel to the moon, and mars, and all the other solar bodies in our backyard quickly. But we don't want to overshoot the runway because then we get into some really fucking bad territory.Well you'd need to figure what area of the Higgs Field you're altering. Once you exit the altered field you should return to normal speed, so you wouldn't fly out the Universe.
The only problem with that is the fact that if you were to move faster than light, we'd leave our universe. If we were take your theory into account.We don't want to leave our universe. We want to travel to the moon, and mars, and all the other solar bodies in our backyard quickly. But we don't want to overshoot the runway because then we get into some really fucking bad territory.
the Higgs field defines the speed of light
The only problem with that is the fact that if you were to move faster than light, we'd leave our universe.
Quote from: SexyPiranha on December 01, 2014, 12:46:41 PMQuotethe Higgs field defines the speed of lightI'm sorry mate but as far we can tell the speed of light is due to the properties of space time itself. The Higgs field is just responsible for lending mass to other wise massless elementary particles.I read that it was responsible and that the reason the speed of light exists is because it doesn't interact with the Higgs Field.
Quotethe Higgs field defines the speed of lightI'm sorry mate but as far we can tell the speed of light is due to the properties of space time itself. The Higgs field is just responsible for lending mass to other wise massless elementary particles.
Quote from: SexyPiranha on December 01, 2014, 02:17:36 PMQuote from: Dustin a Nut on December 01, 2014, 02:13:47 PMQuote from: SexyPiranha on December 01, 2014, 12:46:41 PMQuotethe Higgs field defines the speed of lightI'm sorry mate but as far we can tell the speed of light is due to the properties of space time itself. The Higgs field is just responsible for lending mass to other wise massless elementary particles.I read that it was responsible and that the reason the speed of light exists is because it doesn't interact with the Higgs Field.the reason that photons travel at the speed of light is because they don't interact w/ the Higgs field and are therefor massless, yes. Massless particles(any massless particle) travel at that constant speed by default. I think the constant itself is decided by the properties of spacetime itself, IIRC.I thought the Higgs Field gave everything mass? Is it just massless particles?
Quote from: Dustin a Nut on December 01, 2014, 02:13:47 PMQuote from: SexyPiranha on December 01, 2014, 12:46:41 PMQuotethe Higgs field defines the speed of lightI'm sorry mate but as far we can tell the speed of light is due to the properties of space time itself. The Higgs field is just responsible for lending mass to other wise massless elementary particles.I read that it was responsible and that the reason the speed of light exists is because it doesn't interact with the Higgs Field.the reason that photons travel at the speed of light is because they don't interact w/ the Higgs field and are therefor massless, yes. Massless particles(any massless particle) travel at that constant speed by default. I think the constant itself is decided by the properties of spacetime itself, IIRC.
I have absolutely no idea what the Higgs Field is but I am interested