Joe Rogan Experience #2561 - LL Cool J · Aired Oct 6, 2026
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Humans can travel at the speed of light; we just have not figured out the mathematics yet.
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What the evidence shows
LL Cool J presents this as his conviction, using flight as an analogy. Under special relativity, an object with nonzero rest mass cannot be accelerated to light speed because the required energy increases without bound. NASA distinguishes this limit from unresolved engineering. Speculation about future wormholes or new physics does not demonstrate that humans can attain light speed under known physics.
Read the supporting source · cosmicopia.gsfc.nasa.gov ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that humans can travel at the speed of light; we just have not figured out the mathematics yet?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. LL Cool J presents this as his conviction, using flight as an analogy. Under special relativity, an object with nonzero rest mass cannot be accelerated to light speed because the required energy increases without bound. LL Cool J said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2561 - LL Cool J, aired Oct 6, 2026, at 2:01:12. The supporting source is cosmicopia.gsfc.nasa.gov, linked below.
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