Guys, to be honest, I would literally die knowing that we are the zenith of evolution in that big universe. And we all know what caused alien lifeforms to officially keep away from Earth so far. The taxes are too darn high!  ;D


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The problem is that once at the speed of light, and object's mass becomes infinite, therefore, any life form would be instantly killed because its mass would be so great that it would exceed any organism's limits, and therefore, it would die. A Whale dies on land because its mass is too great to be supported by anything other than a liquid fluid.

Peter, could it be that you mix up the basic formula from Einstein? E = mc^2

What's becoming very big (not infinite) is the energy needed to reach light speed with a given mass. That's because the speed of light squared (c^2) is such a big number that even a small mass (m) will receive a huge gain, resulting in a large amount of energy. Well, even with that in mind, we already know stuff reaching the speed of light, right?
I think I know what you might have had in mind with the 'mass' you are defining as becoming infinite. However, you've mixed that up. The 'm' isn't altered and the photons hitting your face won't harm you, don't worry.

But perhaps one has to think outside the box on some occasions and we mortal beings of course don't discuss Einstein's ways in detail. Only few people on the planet do or even can.

But, apart from that (and besides the evidence from Lou), please explain how Mr. Spock got his hands on some US made (well, means Chinese :D) flight computer.  :o http://www.flickr.com/photos/10901121@N06/1196208102/