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by gonnakillme 4649 days ago
No[1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication_theorem

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Correct. Information cannot travel FTL or causality would be mutable.
I thought the actual conclusion made was:

If information can travel FTL then causality would be mutable.

That doesn't carry the implied premise that causality is immutable. I don't think that has yet been proven. In fact, if causality _is_ mutable, it might be possible to prove that it isn't even though it is.

Can of worms...

Box of worms with a cat, doc brown.

Good luck with that.

not yet

Fixed.