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"Faster-than-light", also known as superluminal velocities, refers to any sort of travel at a speed greater than the speed of light. Prohibited in mainstream physics due to the Special theory of relativity.

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Can we think of relativity as a measure to determine the finiteness of universe?

Your first sentence is already not defined. If by "standpoint of a light ray" you mean "a hypothetical observer travelling at the speed of light", you are already in undefined territory. The Lorentz t …
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If a photon takes all possible paths, does it travel faster than light?

To be more precise, it sounds like what you're describing is the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics. Within this framework, every possible path between $A$ and $B$ contributes a complex nu …
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