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I’m going to say something controversial…

You can’t accelerate a massive object to the velocity of a massless particle.

There, I said it and I’m not ashamed. 😎
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UndeadSona · F
Honestly I think it would stop being an object at that point
PalteseMalconFunch · 36-40, T
@UndeadSona wdym?
tenente · 100+, M
@UndeadSona like a photon? not an object and it travels light speed?
UndeadSona · F
@tenente yeah I mean assuming you could just pour energy into this thing and force it to get closer to the speed of light what stops it from turning into plasma and just becoming an idk ball of energy that breaks apart like what material is this even made out of?
PalteseMalconFunch · 36-40, T
@UndeadSona Things don’t turn into plasma just from going fast. You could turn something into plasma by dumping energy into it fast enough but that’s not directly related to just accelerating it. You would just do it slow enough, but never actually reach the speed of light
UndeadSona · F
@PalteseMalconFunch I would think at some point the heat from both friction and waste heat in this machine going that fast and attempting to reach the speed of light would turn it to plasma no? Especially if we're assuming you can just pour energy into it forever.
tenente · 100+, M
@UndeadSona LHC goes burrrr

what stops it from turning into plasma and just becoming an idk ball of energy that breaks apart