by Carthaginian stuck in 2014 » Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:09 am
But they didn't assume that prayers travel at c. He merely stated that information can't travel faster than c. So, assuming that light does travel at c, the man died 80 years after he started waiting for a response, hence the "40 light-years" line. Assuming prayers travel at a speed less than c, it would take more time for god to hear the prayer, hence, "minimum". So the science checks out. We're assuming that since information can't travel faster than the speed of light, then if god was one light year away from us it should take us 2 light years to hear a response. It's basic time domain reflectometry.
The real fallacy, however, is assuming that God would dignify our prayers with a response, or that God can answer questions instantaneously. What if you had a real hard-hitting question? God can't just say whatever he felt. He has to think of a cunning response.
It's things like this that make me wish I was back in Zama.
But they didn't assume that prayers travel at c. He merely stated that information can't travel faster than c. So, assuming that light [i]does[/i] travel at c, the man died 80 years after he started waiting for a response, hence the "40 light-years" line. Assuming prayers travel at a speed less than c, it would take more time for god to hear the prayer, hence, "minimum". So the science checks out. We're assuming that since information can't travel faster than the speed of light, then if god was one light year away from us it should take us 2 light years to hear a response. It's basic time domain reflectometry.
The real fallacy, however, is assuming that God would dignify our prayers with a response, or that God can answer questions instantaneously. What if you had a real hard-hitting question? God can't just say whatever he felt. He has to think of a cunning response.
It's things like this that make me wish I was back in Zama.