If "dark matter" can be analogous to a racked set of billiard balls and we were to send a message from the front ball to the outer balls by striking the front with the cue ball would the message travel faster than light?

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In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that does not emit or reflect enough electromagnetic radiation to be observed directly, but whose presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter.
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My question is hypothetical.
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008
As light already travels through dark matter, it would make no difference upon the results. The special theory of relativity states that a particle (that has mass) with subluminal velocity needs infinite energy to accelerate to the speed of light, although special relativity does not forbid the existence of particles that travel faster than light, none has ever been observed or recorded.
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by gmeades on June 7th, 2008
So, the answer to your question, hypothetically, would be 'no'...
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by gmeades on June 7th, 2008
The answer hypothetically "no" to my question cannot be arrived by what you have stated. Light plays no part in my scenerio other than a measure of velocity. Nor do particles restricted to the speed of light as I've stated before. Your comment is off-base and does not apply to the question.
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008
Don't think so... not at all... sorry.
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by gmeades on June 7th, 2008
How does the special theory of relativity apply to the speed of kinetic energy used to transmit messages faster than light?
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008
Think... you'll get it, I'm sure...
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by gmeades on June 7th, 2008
You have yet to answer whether kinetic energy is instantaneous or travels less than or at the speed of light.
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008
Aye.. indeed. I get you don't fully understand the question.
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008
A googled answer is a shallow answer.
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by -O-uknow on June 7th, 2008

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