Ommiterre Libellus - Principia Discordia

Dictum Seventeen
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1 When an object accelerates, there is friction with its surrounding environment. On earth there is
always significant friction, if only because of the earth's atmosphere. Even in space, there is friction.
Space may look empty to us but "something" is everywhere in the Universe - that is why it is called the
Universe. The amount of "something" there is in "outer space" produces a negligaeble amount of friction
from an earthly point of view. As speed, increases this friction becomes non negligeable. As one
accelerates at speeds close to the speed of light (c), this friction becomes unbearable. This is one major
hindrance to travelling at such speed 1 . No Man or Man made device could withstand such heath. 2 If
"something" would hypothetically reach the speed of light, it would then reach a state of transmutation
and stop accelerating. During the state of transmutation, this something would be travelling at the speed of
light while transforming into light 2 . Once the transformation would be complete and only light remain,
acceleration would resume.
3 "Objects" travelling at the speed of light reach "absolute heat", the temperature at which relative
movement is stopped 3 . Movement relative to you seems to have stopped because to perceive "something
else", light has to be bouncing off of it. You can get to an object as quickly as the perception of its
existence gets to you. There is no more delay between existence of things and your perception of it. Time
does not apply to you anymore, at least not time as we understand it. 4 Everything is within your reach
and you are out of reach of everything.
5 At the other extreme is absolute zero, 0° Kelvin, absolute cold. When heat is totally withdrawn from
an object, it becomes inanimate. Inner movement is not possible anymore, everything moves relative to
the object, but the object itself is totally inanimate. From the object's point of view, everything has moved
moved away so fast that nothing exists anymore. For the object, the Universe has disappeared, time has
stopped ticking. Existence as ceased. There isn't even enough energy to think "I think therefore I am
anymore". Of course, this also implies there is not enough energy for any decaying or ageing to occur. 6
Everything is out of your reach, but you are out of reach of nothing.
7 If something reaches the speed of light without burning up. It will, on all account and purposes,
transform into light for it becomes imperceptible apart from light for anything not travelling at the speed