Is Faster Than Light Communication Possible?

In classical theory fields and force propagate faster than light and in modern theory the are assumed to be instantaneous but somehow not faster than light. There should be a way to send communications faster than light, perhaps by magnetically coupling two antennas, or if that doesn't work by using quantum entanglement.

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[rayfleming]

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[slickwillie]

Seems pretty certain that it is doable, and if we can see that, certainly throughout the universe others have already figured it out. Therefore, there must be an existing universal internet already. Imagine a universal social internet service with pictures of all the aliens, and communications common to all critters...

[whig]

You're on the right track here but you need to look at Eric Dollard's work on Longitudinal Dielectricity.

[Pasqualmie]

True or not it is still better than:

Student: Is FTL possible?
Professor: No.
Student: Why not?
Professor: Einstein.
Student: /* stops asking questions */

[johnculjak]

RF always forces me to see things from a new perspective. RF makes it looks so obvious. crazy.

[Khepramancer]

I'm not sure if it actually comes from Tesla, but Eric Dollard says (referencing the electrical masters) that in it's magneto-dielectric (longitudinal) mode of propagation, EM (longitudinal) waves propagate at (pi/2)*c I know modern physics doesn't acknowledge longitudinal electromagnetism, but there is something happening with the electrical effects used to create those waves. Electricity, and the EM signatures that electricity generates, do act very differently, depending on the electrical waveforms used. Where a simple DC current in a wire, would create a seemingly static magnetic field and stable electric field (dielectric component in Steinmetz's and Tesla's terms), an AC alternating current would add many dynamics to the system that have to be accounted for, due to secondary oscillations and harmonics, etc., being generated. The most extreme form of an oscillation is where the supposed longitudinal effects are said to become prominent- electrical impulses with high dielectric field strength (voltage) and vanishingly short impulse duration (microseconds to nanoseconds and less). So if they're correct about an EM longitudinal component being generated by certain electrical waveforms, then that could be a faster than (c) phenomena. Not the mainstream view, I know, but Dollard has done some very interesting experiments.

[pallharaldsson]

[See my EDIT below] I didn't look up "The Speed of Gravity.." reference at 2:38, but what Ray states on it being much faster than light is contradicted (text from Wikipedia): "Kopeikin and Fomalont concluded that the speed of gravity is between 0.8 and 1.2 times the speed of light, which would be fully consistent with the theoretical prediction of general relativity [..] The detection of GW170817 in 2017, the finalé of a neutron star inspiral observed through both gravitational waves and gamma rays, currently provides by far the best limit on the difference between the speed of light and that of gravity. Photons were detected 1.7 seconds after peak gravitational wave emission; assuming a delay of zero to 10 seconds, the difference between the speeds of gravitational and electromagnetic waves, vGW − vEM, is constrained to between −3×10−15 and +7×10−16 times the speed of light.[30]"


"Gravitational radiation, which surely does propagate at light-speed but is a fifth order effect in v/c, is too small to play a role in explaining this difference in behavior between gravity and ordinary forces of nature. Problems with the causality principle also exist for GR in this connection, such as explaining how the external fields between binary black holes manage to continually update without benefit of communication with the masses hidden behind event horizons. These causality problems would be solved without any change to the mathematical formalism of GR, but only to its interpretation, if gravity is once again taken to be a propagating force of nature in flat Space-Time with the propagation speed indicated by observational evidence and experiments: not less than 2x10^10c. Such a change of perspective requires no change in the assumed character of gravitational radiation or its light-speed propagation. Although faster-than-light force propagation speeds do violate Einstein special relativity (SR), they are in accord with Lorentzian Relativity, which has never been experimentally distinguished from SR-at least, not if favor of SR."

[gco]

Neutrinos stepped into the conversation

[frosted]

What? No. You are mixing functions of spacetime with functions within spacetime. Also, how do you not know that gravitation doesn't shoot out in a single direction? You commit numerous fallacies there.
Forces measurably move at light speed or slower. Not sure how can miss basic physics.

[markstephens]

I defend you sir in your quest - This is all I can say - They've had faster than light communication for over 20 years!!!

[pvlis]

There is a coil configuration termed the "H-z antenna", where a pair of [pancake] coils are arranged, in series, in bucking configuration, around a conductive axis (a hollow tube, for example). The inventor claimed that this communicates via electron spin radiation, but its explanation escaped me at the time I wrote it, and I haven't given it more thought since.
I recall they did claim that it communicated faster than the transverse propagation rate of light.

[martintajo]

Since the discussion is on electromagnetic waves, I was wondering if there could be any other type of EM wave other than the traditional oscillatory waves. Could toroidal or any other non oscillatory electromagnetic fields exist?

[alexleung]

If particles have definite position and momenta, isn't there actually no spooky action at a distance when concerning "wave function collapse" happening in two entangled particles? The way I see it, there's only something spooky if the two separated particles had some probablistic spin before measurement, but if everything is deterministic, it's basically like we have a blue sock and a red sock, put them in two boxes then separate the boxes by many many miles. When I open 1 box and see there's a blue sock, we instantly know the other box has a red sock, but there's no FTL information propagation going on there because the colors of the socks were always determined to begin with. Spooky action only happens when we believe in a probablistic reality, and the belief that the universe is probablistic only comes from a lack of knowledge.

[tsraikage]

I'm trying to understand why in this video time, frequency and speed are being used interchangeably like they had a same dimension or meaning?

[AlmaryKeiJPAdventure]

Watching very impormative videos thanks for sharing

[captainharris]

I've heard Spooky action explained as either the observer "pushing" on the object being observed by them merely looking at said particle (some kind of gravity interaction), or a "quantum entanglement" between two particles. I can't remember which. It does strike me that if you could identify an isolate what other causes there might be, then one might be able to create the conditions to manipulate it. But I've heard other experts, notably Mister Lincoln of Fermi Lab, state that that was impossible, and I think Brian Greene and one or two others agree with him.

It might prove an interesting work around to sending FTL messages to Mars and other places within the solar system, but I'm pretty skeptical. I don't think your description of the quantum field being an aether would allow it. It seems like there would a lot of "quantum stuff" to wade through or push through in order to get such a scheme to work, assuming your description of the quantum field being a kind of EMF pressure field is true.

But again, I've heard a lot of mainstream physicist flatly state that it's not possible to engineer something to take advantage of spooky action.

It sounds interesting, and it sounds like in principle it should be workable to isolate and manipulate that phenomenon. But I think quantum entanglement is just one of those quirks of the universe, and arises out of your description of the universe being made up of a quantum pressure field. That is because one particle is in a relationship with another, it seems more akin to something that occurs naturally as a result of some kind of oddity in the pressure field, and not really something that you can harness or create.

In short, I hope somebody looks into it, but it ain't gonna be me.

[parable]

I wonder if the isotope of said metal effects it’s conductivity.

[FobbitMike]

Please give us a reference to ANY peer-reviewed paper you have had published. Go ahead. One will do.

[johnzientek]

Hey ray I was curious if you have an idea in your mind how the aether would be structured? What do you see in your minds eye when you visualize the aether?

[Fossilized-cryptid]

Very interesting specially since quantum entanglement is ftl communication