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cpwm17 Donating Member (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-25-11 02:43 PM
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15. I'll remain skeptical
Since the measurements weren't far from the speed of light and there could have been some measurement errors. Here's one man's view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM4Ol4aEcng&feature=feed...

We've recently discovered that our Universe seems to be expanding at an accelerating rate, so some of our previous assumptions could be wrong under some conditions. So we shouldn't be too surprised if the speed of light could be broken.
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