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		abobrick on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physical Warp Drives Indeed, a superluminal object will appear to have an infinite velocity for some physical observers.

drran on May 31, 2021 [–]

The superluminal speed is not an infinite speed, it's just faster than the speed of light, of course, but it called "instant". For example, a photon of light is emitted or absorbed "instantly", which is not true, obviously, because it means infinite speed of transition.

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