• yesman@lemmy.world
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    A neutrino modem would absolutely work because the technical issues could all be solved by capturing the traffic from the future and reverse-engineering it.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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      How would that work?

      Even ignoring the almost negligible amount of mass a neutrino has, it’s still limited to c meaning we aren’t getting new information before anything else.

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        Neutrinos can totally go back in time. It’s essential to the plot of “Watchmen” 2009 and that’s as good as peer review. it’s just not in physics because Einstein was a Marvel fan.

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      I think so? The mass of the earth above pulling more or less equally in all directions