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orbital_one t1_iwqf6fm wrote

Reply to comment by Chimalez in Dark matter may be information itself by newsphilosophy

But wouldn't that mean that information can't travel at the speed of light?

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Stay-At-Home-Jedi t1_iwrden0 wrote

what part wouldn't mean they can't travel the speed of light?

light is a massless photon but that doesn't hinder it.

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orbital_one t1_iwrnhn9 wrote

Dark matter must have mass and would have to be traveling at subluminal speeds within galaxies. It's not possible to accelerate massive objects to light speed. So if dark matter is actually information in physical form then that should imply that information (or at least some types of information?) doesn't travel at light speed. Unless I'm mistaken about something.

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QVRedit t1_iwsh277 wrote

And photons contain multiple bits of information.

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QVRedit t1_iwsgxki wrote

If it was ‘very light’, as in had very little mass, then it could travel at almost the speed of light. It’s kind of weird though.

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