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[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2

But in their ways of conceptualizing the world, the movements of the sun and the clouds are irrelevant to what is possible for mortals.

I mean, if we ignore all the myths about mortals who do go that fast - such as Phaethon, who briefly drove Helios' chariot as it circled the world (he made a mess of things, because he wasn't able to properly control the horses, and wound up struck down by Zeus, but he did go as fast as the sun) - then sure. If we don't ignore said myths, of course, then we'll recognize that while they would have found a mortal traveling that fast to be amazing and exceptional, it wouldn't have been anything as world-shaking as someone going faster-than-light would be to us. For them, it would just mean this person had figured out how the gods managed such feats, or had learned/stolen from the gods how to do so (or been gifted such knowledge and/or artifacts that made it possible), making it just another notch in a long line of things like fire, architecture, medicine, booze, etc. But someone going faster than light - or creating a reactionless drive, or whatever - isn't something that would just fit in like that with our current knowledge, because it would violate what we thought were some of the fundamental laws of physics.