A Rational Cosmology: Why There is No Inherent Limit to Motion in the Universe

Essay LI

This is Essay LI of Mr. Stolyarov's series, "A Rational Cosmology," which seeks to present objective, absolute, rationally grounded views of terms such as universe, matter, volume, space, time, motion, sound, light, forces, fields, and even the higher-order concepts of life, consciousness, and volition. See the index of all the essays in "A Rational Cosmology" here.

We have previously refuted Einstein's mistake in asserting that no absolute motion could exist aside from the "motion" of light, to which every other motion is relative For the second Einsteinian fallacy, that nothing can "travel" faster than light, a logical refutation will, again, suffice.

It has been shown that light does not "travel." Light and motion are quite distinct phenomena, each independent of the other. Thus, the fact that the relationship of light exhibits a fixed nature in specific media, as it logically should, has absolutely no bearing on what motion may or may not occur on behalf of entities.

Just as time is independent of mass, so is motion independent of light. The fact that an entity weighs two kilograms does not limit how long it can exist. Neither does the fact that an entity can emit light to affect a target entity 3*10⁸ meters away from it in one second at least exclude that entity, or any other entity in the universe, from moving at rates as large as their natures allow.

It ought to be recalled that the universe has no inherent qualities or relationships qua universe. Thus, it also cannot have "built-in limitations" on the behaviors of entities, except as ordained by the particular natures of the entities involved.

An entity's mass, volume, or spatial expanse can conceivably limit how fast it can travel. Every entity in existence has limitations on its motion, defined by the constituent qualities of that entity and the medium through which it travels. However, there can be no limitations on how fast anything can move aside from that thing's own capacities and surroundings.