Tachyons travel faster than light, so do they go backward in time? Well, maybe, but they probably don't exist. Here's why.

Watch this video adfree on Nebula:
https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylu...

Nick Lucid Host, Writer, Editor, Animator
Em Lucid Producer
________________________________
VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

4Velocity:
   • We All Move At The Speed Of Light… Ki...  

Speed of Light:
   • The Speed of Light is Infinite... Kin...  

What if YOU were made of Light?
   • What if YOU were made of Light?  
________________________________
RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Isaac Arthur on Tachyons:
   • Faster Than Light: Tachyons and Time ...  

ScienceVerse on Tachyons:
   • Could Tachyons Exist ? Breaking The S...  
   • Time Traveling with Tachyons: Breakin...  
________________________________
SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM

Patreon:
  / scienceasylum  

YouTube Membership:
   / @scienceasylum  

SignUp for Nebula:
https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum

Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback):
http://www.lulu.com/shop/nicklucid/a...

Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook):
https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc

Merchandise:
http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceas...
________________________________
HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS

Asylum Counselors:
Richard Senegor

Asylum Orderlies:
Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Medec Hurtz, Peter Engrav

Einsteinium Crazies:
Benjamin Sharef, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg, Sean K, Sheila Owen, YouTubeviewer2014

Plutonium Crazies:
Al Davis, Compuart, Dan Sullivan, Ellis Hall, Fabio Manzini, Kevin MacLean, Rex_zane, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus

Platinum Crazies:
Cesar Moya, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Ishay Oz, Jonathan Reel, Joshua Gallagher, LiCe Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, P. Patrick Tukkers, Stephanie Beach, Zachary Milne
________________________________
LINKS TO COMMENTS

   • We All Move At The Speed Of Light… Ki...  
   • We All Move At The Speed Of Light… Ki...  
   • We All Move At The Speed Of Light… Ki...  
   • We All Move At The Speed Of Light… Ki...  
________________________________
TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:43 What is a Tachyon?
01:27 What Everyone Gets Wrong
02:28 Spacetime Basics
03:24 Velocity Angles
04:18 Infinite Speed
05:15 How to Time Travel
06:28 Spacetime Distortion
07:23 Causality isn't Broken
07:54 More Weird Stuff
08:20 Tachyons are Imaginary
08:51 Outro
09:31 Featured Comment
________________________________
Corrections:

00:56 "Lux" is actually Latin, not Greek. Oops! My bad.