Jim Higgins wrote:
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> Supposing the speed measurements are confirmed beyond doubt, next must co=
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> coherent theory explaining it, otherwise all we have is an unexplained=20
> anomaly.  I imagine the theorists are off and running already.
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If the Neutrinos have negative rest mass, which is feasible since they=20
are never at rest, then they can go faster than speed of light.

The fine print of current theory isn't actually that nothing can go=20
faster than the speed of light, but that the max speed of something with=20
no mass is  speed of light in a vacuum and anything with mass becomes=20
infinitely heavy  as  it tends to speed of light, thus no particle with=20
mass can be accelerated to speed of light, only very close.

Perhaps Neutrinos can have a wavelength equal to size of Universe with=20
maximal energy. With Minimal energy it then slows to speed of light ...=20
An in between energy neutrino thus will be some speed between speed of=20
light and everywhere at ones (infinite energy Neutrino).

Could then Neutrinos  of some  kind  account for  discrepancies  in=20
observation of  Universe as it looks increasingly likely that the=20
current ideas of Dark matter and Dark energy are hogwash.

Really I know nothing about this except that the "Speed of Light" law=20
applies to Light and regular particles. Neutrinos even if they don't=20
have negative mass are sufficiently odd that it's likely nothing other=20
than our understanding of Neutrinos will change if they are going=20
"faster than light in a Vacuum" Through loads of  rock too.

If they found atoms, light, electrons or protons etc going faster than =20
speed of light  you'd need to worrry. But they haven't

Instant Faster than Light "Transmission" with Quantum Entanglement.
It's not transmission faster than light sadly. You can't make an Ansible=20
out of  it.
Imagine you have two randomly shuffled packs of cards. One here and an=20
identical one at Alpha Centauri.
You do not examine them.
Quantum entanglement means you change the random cards here and the ones=20
at Alpha Centauri change too.  But you can't even detect the change at=20
Alpha Centauri as you don't know what the card layout was, so you don't=20
know it changed.
However if both parties examine the cards and communicate they will find=20
they have the same layout. So you can prove the entanglement took place,=20
by ordinary information transfer at speed of light. But you can never=20
use the quantum entanglement itself to signal with.

Pity. Because a pair  of these would be  handy=20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible
Of course like "Stargates" (an Idea that seriously pre-dates Stargate)=20
the problem is you have only slower than light craft for distribution or=20
speed of light to  distribute plans.

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