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Faster-Than-Light Communication
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Sep 12, 2019
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StarTalk Podcast: Science in Pop Fiction with Neil deGrasse Tyson
StarTalk·Sep 12, 2019
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Faster-than-light communication is currently as scientifically challenging as faster-than-light travel.
“So, superluminal communication, or faster than light communication is approximately as challenging as faster than light travel to our ability to understand how physics works.”
StarTalk · Sep 2019 · 1 episode · 487K views on this topic
Superluminal communication poses major problems for causality and our current understanding of physics.
“The problem of course is that, if you can have this transluminal communication, you really mess up causality. You could really have an issue.”
StarTalk · Sep 2019 · 1 episode · 487K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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