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We live in a world dominated by Hype.
All of this: warp drives, wormholes, time dilation, gravity displacement, the Matrix, AI... we talk about them as if they are reality and feasible, yet we have not a clue how to assemble or contain any of them.
So you have a problem discussing theoretical things?
you hate your computer or smartphone
Without discussing things that don't exist yet, how are we to discover ways to make them?
They are both TV talking heads, but otherwise it sort of pains me to hear them lumped together like that, because I hear people like Eric Weinstein saying Michio Kaku is out of control, and I haven't heard people saying that about deGrasse Tyson.
originally posted by: Astyanax
Of course there are the Michio Kakus and deGrasse Tysons of the world, who help generate the hype. But they're TV talking heads, not real scientists.
No doubt. The same scientist who made the above video, also made a video about the special case of Avi Loeb.
Avi Loeb is a... special case.
Regardless of how we define the speed of light in a vacuum, so far all indications are, it's a constant in nature. Our changing our definitions, doesn't affect nature's constant.
originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: charlyv
Travelling at the speed of light is impossible? Not impossible just not probable at the moment. People still believe Einstein when he says the speed of light is a constant and you can't travel faster than light. The speed of light is not constant, in fact the speed has been altered a few times. The General Conference on Weights and Measures, CGPM, decides the speed.
Tachyons are hypothesized particles never been shown to exist, the explanation of them in wikipedia contradicts your claim about faster than light particles:
In fact it has been proven that sub atomic particles, tachyons, luxons, and tardyons all move faster than light. We'll just have to wait and see.
So I don't think it's been proven any of the things you mention move faster than light. We've hypothesized things moving faster than light like the tachyon, but never found them.
A tachyon (/ˈtækiɒn/) or tachyonic particle is a hypothetical particle that always travels faster than light. Physicists believe that faster-than-light particles cannot exist because they are inconsistent with the known laws of physics.
All of this: warp drives, wormholes, time dilation, gravity displacement, the Matrix, AI... we talk about them as if they are reality and feasible, yet we have not a clue how to assemble or contain any of them.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
If you read JP Farrell's books regarding ancient physics, or secret Nazi weaponry, then you'll get the germ of the idea that these things are very much feasible, if they haven't already been created.
Farrell has no proof for any of his silly claims, whereas the evidence supporting Einstein's relativity is nothing short of overwhelming, so it doesn't seem credible that discarding something that works so well is going to help anybody do the impossible things Farrell claims.
I’ll jump right to the biggest problem with The Reich of the Black Sun – it’s unintentionally pro-Nazi. The thesis of the book is that Nazi scientists when they discarded as “Jewish science” relativity were able to make incredible scientific and technological advances – including anti-gravity and perpetual motion machines that could power long-ranged submarines – even though the Nazis lacked the wealth and freedom of the West (and, particularly, the unbombed United States that benefited from the immigration the largest portion of Jewish scientists fleeing the Nazis)...
Once past the racist interpretation of science, which is a hell of a barrier, the book is a test in either a person’s credulity or tolerance to punishment to see how many stupid things can be strung together before madness takes root.