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Originally Posted by octothorp
Hey, I've got a hypothetical question: let's say that you developed: a) a super powerful telescope that can detect earth-sized planets even billions of light years away; and b) faster than light space travel. You should be able to mount your telescope to your spaceship, travel 4.5 billion light years away, and then turn around and observe the creation of the earth, correct? Is there anything wrong with that scenario, other than that such a telescope and such a spaceship are both almost inconceivable?
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Heh, that's like asking is there anything wrong with 2+2=5 except for the answer being 4 and not 5
But yes, if you could go faster than light then you could go out and watch the creation of the earth.