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From: Dale.Amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Relativity
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Date: 21 Jan 89 04:57:00 GMT
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How do we know that there is not indeed a theory that is a superset of
Einstein? A lot of work in physics goes into getting rid of
inifinities. string-theory f'r'instance.

I would say that I don't believe for one instance that there is such a
thing as infinite mass, no matter how fast you go. I suspect SOMETHING
will break long before that, EVEN IF YOU CAN GET THE ENERGY TO KEEP
ACCELERATING.

Maybe you'll become a black hole, or maybe you'll tunnel through to the
negative have of the hyperbola.

I suspect that when you get up to those high energies that you will
enter the realm where quantum theory cannot be ignored even for
macroscopic objects.

I'm not saying that the speed of light is not necessarily a 'limit',
but that infinities just don't happen. They aren't neat. And Hawking
doesn't like them, so who am I to differ?