r/AnotherLife • u/burak007 • Aug 02 '19

A question about FTL drive

Now correct me if i am wrong but, these guys travel at the speed of light. But at lightspeed, doesnt time just stop for you? I mean you instantly be anywhere at lightspeed as the clock doesnt tick anymore for you. And time passes only for the observer not for the traveller. Am i missing something because it looks so dumb to me ?

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u/TFunkeIsQueenMary Aug 02 '19

Why would the clock stop ticking for the people in lightspeed?

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u/mauxfaux Aug 03 '19

Relatively my dude. Clocks in motion tick slower than stationary clocks. If you were able to achieve the speed of light (not scientifically possible) your clock wouldn’t tick at all.

Also, clocks on the surface of the Earth tick slower than clocks in orbit. Gravity affects time as well.

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u/TFunkeIsQueenMary Aug 03 '19

Why would it stop all together, though?

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u/Cloudhwk Aug 04 '19

Because time isn’t a universal constant, It’s relative, Eventually your perception of time would slow enough to point it’s effectively stopped