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of the universe!
I no longer answer
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faster than the speed of light..." or "...ignoring the fact that nothing
can go faster than the speed of light...", " …if
I were traveling at the speed of light…,
etc .
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"infinite energy source", "perfectly reflective surface", etc . It
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