The Truth Why We Can't Travel Faster Than Light

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Thoughty2 (Arran) is a British YouTuber and gatekeeper of useless facts. Thoughty2 creates mind-blowing factual videos, on the weirdest, wackiest and most interesting topics about space, physics, tech, politics, conspiracy theories, and opinion.
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Writing: Steven Rix
Editing: Jack Stevens

[tommyvictorbuch]

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright, until they start talking.

[adamschannel]

I used to always give myself a reason to go on. The reason was “what Simpson’s episode will I miss” I eventually stopped caring and watching the simpsons. Struggled for quite a while to find a reason to continue on. Now I think “what thoughty2 videos will I miss”

Aside from them being informative, funny and interesting. They’re comforting.

[annddyy]

Teacher: "Why didn't you do your homework?"
Me: BECAUSE EINSTEIN SAID SO

[diamondback]

What I always found fascinating was the time dilation. When a light particle is created from our vantage it can take thousands of years to escape the sun. Then about 8 and a half minutes to get to the earth and the back of your eye where it annihilates. But from the particles point of view due to time dilation it would be instantaneous. Thus creating and annihilating at the same time. Drawing out a null line. A distance crossed in zero time. This one little thing in relativity melted my brain.

[SalikKhatri]

Massive respect! The way you tackle complex topics + retain some humor while at it, your content is truly unique! Keep up the good work mate!

[millertas]

There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.

[JohnHWelch]

I discovered sound had a finite speed when I was 6 years old. I remember watching some dump trucks at a construction site dumping rock. I was about 1/4 of a mile away. I noticed after the truck dumped it load and started lowering the truck bed the rear door would slam against the back of the truck and it took a second for me to hear the bang created by it. I was fascinated by it and sat there for a while to keep hearing it.

[JonathanNYCity]

That's the best lesson on light speed I've ever seen! It's the first time I've felt like maybe I kinda sorta understand it! So, I've gone from being totally whacked out confused by it to now kinda sorta understanding it... a giant leap! Thanks so much!

[ItsjustTNT]

"humans build objects will never go near the speed of light"
Me shining a flashlight

[kpolitis]

Light : exists
Black hole : and I took that personally

[davidsmith]

I'm a 44 year old man. A single dad of 2 kids.

Yet, I still go onto YouTube every night and my wee face lights up when I see another vid of yours.
You're never too old to learn and some of the topics you cover utterly fascinate me.

So thank you Mr Thoughty2.
Much appreciated.

[Atmix]

If you could send a message faster than light, and the receiver of the message was moving, then time dilation could be bigger than the time the message spent in transit. So it would be possible to receive a reply before you even sent the message. This is known as Tolman's Paradox, and it's why most physicists are highly skeptical about any kind of FTL hacks, including wormholes.

[theexmann]

All I know is that after months of staying at home because of the pandemic, I've gained too much mass and don't have enough energy.

[RaheemD]

How do you manage to create so many videos on subjects that require so much info and research? Give us a behind the scenes of how you make your videos please. It's very interesting!

[MakeMeLo]

You got mad skills, this really made my day!

[mastergems]

2 fictional ways to travel faster than the speed of light is:

1. Have usable and renewable energy usage on a vehicle capable of moving faster than the speed of light. An example would be a mini sun on a spaceship or maybe a warp core.

2. Bringing point a and point b, closer together. Ways such as warp drives, wormholes, portals, phantom drives, spore drives etc.

[literalcode]

My mom would say that I'm just not trying hard enough

[shashikanthc]

"If superman had a baby with sonic the hedgehog"

Rule 34 artists: "I am speed!"

[garyperkovac]

Fascinating as hell. "Thoughty2" spices it up with quick tongue-in-cheek humor. Supple punchlines prove just as swift as the speed of light.

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Thoughty2: Hmmm how can I improve my views?

*Includes himself in every thumbnail