Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!

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From: James Grady Ward
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00

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Fred McGalliard wrote:
> 
> Chris Muffett
> You just said that the neutrino has a well defined mass, then took it
> back by suggesting it might not have a rest mass. There is certainly a
> class of physics where rest mass is important. Chemistry for example.
> But why does it impact issues such as the mass found in space in
> general? As I recall, there is no particular reason to seperate rest
> mass from any other kind of mass for purpose of calculating
> gravitational effects??

well the only time it can become important is if you are very
close to lightspeed, like 90+% of c.  so in almost every case
we can think of and all "real" world problems there is no
signficant different between rest mass and effective mass.


> I think I am still having this argument, so this
> just establishes what I currently think.

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From: James Grady Ward <jgward@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
Date: 1997/03/31
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