# Can one theoretically travel faster than light relativistically?

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> [@Heracles](#):
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> Um, you’re basically saying that you don’t believe in Special Relativity, then ? That c is a speed limit of light, but not a speed limit of the universe ?

All of tomh4040’s previous posts are from 2012 in a thread titled “My problems with relativity”. I don’t remember exactly what his position was, but I have a guess I’m fairly confident about.

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