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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 Apr 2013

    .@dallasgambit: Since time stops at the speed of light, if something can live at that speed, would it live forever? // Yes.

    4:27 AM - 9 Apr 2013
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      2. Spooky 2‏ @2_gryphon 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @dallasgambit But it would have to live from the beginning to the end of time in an instant. It couldn't be conscious, could it?

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      2. Shad from DC‏ @shadfromdc 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @dallasgambit Living at light speed- / My hair would never get gray? / My mind is now blown..../ #haiku #science #speedoflight

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      2. Dr Keith Wilson  🧠 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈‏ @keith_wilson 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @dallasgambit @CuriousMindBlog Not necessarily, but it would be incapable of experiencing anything since, for it, no time passes!

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      3. A Curious Mind‏ @CuriousMindBlog 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @keith_wilson

        @keith_wilson so it would be alive but unable to function?

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      4. Dr Keith Wilson  🧠 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈‏ @keith_wilson 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @CuriousMindBlog

        @CuriousMindBlog It’s doubtful whether anything that couldn’t undergo or experience change could ever be considered ‘alive’.

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      1. Joe Justice‏ @uhokJoeJustice 9 Apr 2013
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        MT“@neiltyson: .@dallasgambit: Since time stops at the speed of light...”is linear life then moot? Past, Present, & Future 2gether?

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      1. King Nasty‏ @Duke_Rude 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson @dallasgambit It would appear so only to those viewing, however your body would still age and you will still die eventually.

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      1. Matt Sikorski‏ @MSikorski14 9 Apr 2013
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        “@neiltyson: Since time stops at the speed of light, if something can live at that speed, would it live forever? // Yes.” @Gamoyda

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      1. Malboury Jones‏ @Malboury 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Wouldn't it perceive the life of the universe as a single instant though?

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      1. John Russo‏ @johnarusso 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson it would live forever as we see it. But how would the thing itself experience it? #speedoflight

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      1. Noona‏ @Geraltica 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson I'm a physics student and I thought that if you travel the speed of light time just passes slower. You age slower. @dallasgambit

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      1. Mark Thomas‏ @Veeoh 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson But would it be alive if time stopped? My head.

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      2. Sam Fletcher‏ @SamStrife 9 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Does that mean that its body wouldn't be suspectible to decay and what not? Surely that's not something affected by time per se?

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      3. David‏ @fr0y0 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @SamStrife

        @SamStrife @neiltyson I was just trying to phrase that same question.

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      4. Nick Taylor‏ @rolyatkcinmai 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @fr0y0

        @fr0y0 @SamStrife Read about the Twin Paradox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox …

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      5. Sam Fletcher‏ @SamStrife 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @rolyatkcinmai

        @rolyatkcinmai @fr0y0 That's kind of crazy and I can't quite wrap my feeble mind around it.

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      6. Nick Taylor‏ @rolyatkcinmai 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @SamStrife

        @SamStrife @fr0y0 That's because you've been trained to think of time as a linear constant. That's the fun of physics. It's so not.

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      7. Matt Glasell‏ @mattglasell 9 Apr 2013
        Replying to @rolyatkcinmai

        @rolyatkcinmai @SamStrife @fr0y0 of course you guys would talk about the Twin Paradox before I wake up. Damn you Pacific time!

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