Why you can NEVER go faster than light … It’s not just a "traffic rule" for the cosmos, it’s a hard limit on energy and information. As anything with mass accelerates, it needs more energy. As you approach the speed of light, that required energy actually approaches infinity. That’s why you can’t quite reach it. BUT here is why it matters for tech: This limit creates a built-in "latency" for the entire universe. No signal or influence can travel faster than light, meaning there is a maximum speed for cause and effect. We even have to engineer around this. Because mass warps spacetime, time moves differently for GPS satellites than it does for us. If we didn’t correct for this relativity "glitch," your navigation would be off by kilometers every single day. It’s the ultimate constraint on communication, navigation, and computation. #GeneralRelativity #TechFacts #PhysicsLovers #Engineering
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