As long as there is no communication from the ship, during the faster than light travel, there is no paradox.
As long as there is no communication from the ship, during the faster than light travel, there is no paradox.
A lot of these paradoxes seem to boil down to that. "But we get the (slow) signal at the wrong time!" No, the slow signal took longer so naturally the order will be different. If you can explain the effect coherently on a diagram, it means there's no paradox. It seems to boil down to an optical illusion not being acknowledged as such. We tend to perceive light as telling us what's happening right now, but that's not true at great distances. It's like the postal mail.
A lot of these paradoxes seem to boil down to that. "But we get the (slow) signal at the wrong time!" No, the slow signal took longer so naturally the order will be different. If you can explain the effect coherently on a diagram, it means there's no paradox. It seems to boil down to an optical illusion not being acknowledged as such. We tend to perceive light as telling us what's happening right now, but that's not true at great distances. It's like the postal mail.
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