Faster than the Speed of Light - Could the laws of physics change?

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The laws of physics are usually meant to be set in stone; variability is not usually part of physics. Yet contradicting Einstein's tenet of the constancy of the speed of light raises nothing less than that possibility. I will discuss some of the more dramatic implications of a varying speed of light. João Magueijo is Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He is currently visiting Perimeter Institute and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics at Cambridge University, and has been a visiting scientist at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University.

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[beastbubblegum]

einstein's wrong since his description is just a mere tool used with mathematics. Even he tried to assume the existence of an static universe. And also he is trying like other scientist to find a determination into the laws of the universe. Joao is great for telling us this what if the speed of light is not constant. Finally the pilars of science but this science is yet not even close to reality even if "the Machines" work, or seem to work. whoever builds one knows that even precision is ilusion

[universalcosmos]

@beastbubblegum "Joao is great for telling us this what if the speed of light is not constant."

Small issue, though. So far there is no empirical support for his thesis.

[JuanRoVlogs]

You should add subtitles to your videos

Please.

[universalcosmos]

@JuanRoVlogs Too busy :(

[dlstb]

@FUZFUZZZ You are seriously retarded. Please take some classes in language arts and come back when you can form a complete and coherent thought into a sentence.

[dlstb]

@universalcosmos Yes there is. One of the basic tenants of physics is frames of reference. If the universe is expanding, then by definition, the speed with which light travels varies in absolute speed. All of the "science" that supports the theory that the speed of light is a constant and that gravity bends space time is bunk. gravity may well bend a beam of light, but not space or time.

[llparasitell]

@FUZFUZZZ lmao what the hell are you talking about..the light we see from the sun is 8 minutes in the past,

the light you see from a star is many many light YEARS in the past.

the star you see today is how they were many thousands or millions of years ago.

The sun you see right now is how the sun was 8 minutes ago.

[pixelsword]

@HighCardWins

It depends how you see...

[HighCardWins]

There must be laws above laws. Some process occurred that gave rise to the our universe.

So that event was following some rule before there were our laws of nature. 

[HighCardWins]

Do colors exist?

[spite519]

thanks for uploading. id suggest recording at least some of the slides next time tho

[FUZFUZZZ]

today after a lot of study i came to conclude a theory!!

There is no existence of invisibility!! everything is visible but there is something more faster than light that we can't see invisibility!!!

to uncover secrets of universe find that thing to see invisibility to reveal concept of the universe!

Hence in last God is great and there is no seeing him!!!

[FUZFUZZZ]

I have a theory as well. There is no existence of invisibility!! everything is visible but there something more faster than light that we can't see invisibility!!!

[FUZFUZZZ]

I want to ask a question if i am right i heard sun is 8 light min far from us right? and how come our eye can see stars more faster than light???? there is something connecting our eye with star?? or what?? can anyone explain it?