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[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 63 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Well, nothing (with nonnegative mass) can move faster than light through space. Space itself can do whatever it wants to.

[–] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know why maybe the painkillers are speaking but I have to ask, does farts count as negative mass?

I'll take my leave...

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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Okay ... enjoy your painkillers, man.

Incoming vibe killer: no, farts do not count as negative mass. They do in fact have positive mass. You will weigh ever so slightly less after farting. And, in theory, if you were in a frictionless environment, you could propel yourself by farting, because the fart's mass would act as a reaction mass and propel you like a (very weak and stinky) rocket.

Negative mass would be a very weird thing that breaks physics in a lot of ways, and probably isn't physically possible in the first place. Allowing faster-than-light travel is only one of many stupid ways negative mass would horribly wreck all known physics.

[–] BurnedDonutHole@ani.social 2 points 4 hours ago

Thank you for the explanation.

[–] booscience@beehaw.org 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Well, the thing space is moving into and across. Or the nothing.