tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post1146691603653529547..comments2024-03-14T05:11:06.565-04:00Comments on The Knight Shift: The time-traveling physics of BACK TO THE FUTUREChris Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-15818235359987086332009-01-19T22:15:00.000-05:002009-01-19T22:15:00.000-05:00Funny that you mention that Eric. I just finished...Funny that you mention that Eric. I just finished reading Matthew Stover's latest Star Wars novel (am doing a review of it later this week) and he uses to great and realistic effect the amount of time that it takes light from an event to reach the observer. A real-world example is also our moon: when we look at it, we're actually looking at light that reflected off of it nearly two seconds Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-14798194130578112702009-01-19T22:05:00.000-05:002009-01-19T22:05:00.000-05:00I know this may seem 'geeky', but I've always wond...I know this may seem 'geeky', but I've always wondered if we could, at some point, travel faster than the speed of light, and 'get in front of' the light emitted from earth for the past 2k years and 'view' history like a dvr recording... that's 'sort of' time traveling..<BR/><BR/>Eric W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com