I see myself running towards me.

I am running faster than the speed of light.

At some point, I turn around.

At some point, that me turns around.

That me sees itself running towards itself.

At a certain point, that self that sees itself running towards itself turns around.

That myself that sees itself running towards itself sees itself.

At a certain point...

What do you think about that?

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U won’t see you running towards you because light won’t able to catch up to you ( no force in this world can ever stop you ) and second light won’t be able to reflect against you to make an image ( based on the fact that you are faster than light ) of you and third and mostly importantly you just broke relativity lol

Jason Gomez - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I figure this as...

My "no-light me" is forward, and looking back that "no-light me" can see the light projected by me some time before. :)

What I see is not really "me", is the image of me.

A deep point of discussion is: are we "existent" dependent on the fact that the light form our images?
(I know this touches delicate points)

Vincenzo Tortora - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

My point is there will be no light from you some time before because all of it will be absorbed by you and only people behind you can see you and not people in front of you, ( the latter includes you ) I am using the law that speed of light is constant for any frame to tell this, haven’t used any other relativistic principles which have to be used so this surely not the full story

Jason Gomez - 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$