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Any physicsist in here? (Relativity v. Spooky Action)
Im not really much of a physicist, its just kinda a little hobby of mine so please correct me if I'm wrong anywhere. Anyways, I was playing a computer game and I had the following thoughts:
Isaac Newton once theorized that the force of gravity affects all objects instantaneously. For example, if someone or something were to remove the Earth completely, the moon would instantaneously feel this gravitational effect.
Einstein's general theory of relativity along with providing the world with a radical new view of gravity, aslo "proved" that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, not even the force of gravity. Thus, it was "proved" that Newton was in error.
However, what if Einstein was wrong and objects can travel faster than the speed of light?
I only say this because for the past few years I've been reading about "quantum teleportation". Using quantum entaglement, physicists have been able to teleport a photon from one end of their lab to the other. Now, as far as I know, this happens "instanteously" (i.e. no passage of time occurs). Well, even an object travelling at the speed of light would take some amount to reach the other end of the lab (.0000000000000000000008) of a second or something. Thus, if quantum teleportation is truly instantaneous, then hasn't the speed of light been broken just as Einstein said couldn't happen.
Also, what about Einstein's special theory of relativity? What will be the effects of dilation upon an object which travels at "instantaneous velocity"? Shouldn't that photon be infinitely older than the lab techs when it is brought back down to our rate of acceleration?
Just some thoughts.
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