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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Hmm, nifty as that may be, I don't see how it contradicts Einstein in the least. Einstein's theory maintains that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. No one has evern argued that it reamins constant through all media, and as a matter of fact, it's easily proveable that it doesn't (have a prizm handy?). While it's incredibly impressive that they managed to create a medium through which light travels part way, then stops, it's not contrary to what we already know.
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15 Years ago (ok, 20..) my physics prof's were quite SURE you would never be able to stop light. Slow it down in diffrent substances sure but stop? No way not possible. <-- Notes from actual conversation.
Oh and one bit of trivia, Einstein himself NEVER said FTL travel was impossible. That thought was added by others.