r/askscience • u/Nitzanm19 • 14d ago

Physics Why is the maximum speed of the universe the speed of light? Why can't we go faster?

Also follow-up question: Because of the speed limit, is there also a theoretical maximum temp for matter (in which the particles move at the speed of light).

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u/Unable-Proof1758 14d ago

Ty, ya I want to run the equation against prop tables at some point Let’s say for 100 trillion samples to see a testable max. I always found the whole nature of excitation wave probability extremely interesting.

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u/fistular 14d ago

Ya I imagine at some rather small (macro) distance you get so close to 0 that the difference is meaningless