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Synonym for infra red light.

Also a mythical form of anti-light used in RPGs which makes things darker.  The question is, might it be possible that at some time in the future we could shine real [[BlackLight]] from a flashlight (and not get sucked in to the [[BlackHole]] inside :-) ).

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I must be pop culture corrupted. [[BlackLight]] means Ultra-Violet light to me. Like the Black Lights in a club. Makes all the white stuff really stand out while everything else is dim.

Or do I just have bad data on what frequency those lights are making?

---StarPilot

What are commonly called blacklights are ultra-violet, they are at a higher frequency than light, but infra red is also out side the light spectrum and therefore black.

The true negative of the flashlight would a sort of directed gravity gun.  It would drag you in the direction it pointed.  I have been thinking about some variations of that for high speed space travel.  It would receive the ZPE from one direction and loop it around forward to accelerate the cargo (us) and then loop it back to jet it out the back using supercooled magnets.  If I dissapear for a few hundred years you can assume I got it to work.  Don't hold your breath waiting, lol  -- [[JimScarver]]

Ah. Yes. Good. I was hoping I hadn't been that mistaken. :D

---StarPilot

Living is learning if you stop being wrong you are dead. (did I just say that somewhere else... senior moment).  Thankfully we can be assured that we are always wrong in some greater context, there is always a higher truth, and we can live on.  It is by error we learn. Whether you were wrong or right you participated in determining the truth.  It is better to act and be wrong, than not act (MyFathersWisdom).  If you try to be right all the time you are bound to be dissapointed.

+ + + > I like to learn. I just hope that certain basic things I know are not wrong. That's just embarassing. I don't mind making an ass out of myself on purpose, but if I'd been wrong on this... Goodness==== ---StarPilot
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