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This is exactly the kind of comment I would expect to read shortly before some presumed law of the universe were broken. Reminds me of the "maybe in thousands
by epicureanideal 10y ago
This is exactly the kind of comment I would expect to read shortly before some presumed law of the universe were broken. Reminds me of the "maybe in thousands of years people will fly" newspaper comment the same year the Wright brothers flew.
I'm not treating it lightly that conservation of energy etc. would be broken. I'm just saying... it's a law until it's discovered that it's not. Or rather, that the law is only applicable within certain conditions, or needs some asterisks on it.
- JonnieCache 10y agoI think the issue is that if it were possible to break conservation laws using such setups, we would have seen nature doing it by now.
- estefan 10y agoPerhaps we have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyby_anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyby_anomaly
- epicureanideal 10y agoMaybe that's how the universe came into existence at all, is "breaking the law" of conservation of energy? I'm not even arguing this, I'm just saying maybe we haven't been looking at things the right way or the proof will be obvious after we know about a new effect.
- varjag 10y agoThere were decades of manned flight prior to Wright bros.
- tossaway1 10y agoAlso, there were birds flying all over the place so it was obvious to everyone that it was possible...
- Caprinicus 10y agoThere were a fuckton of people who thought heavier than air flight was not possible until it was done. Not sure how they reconciled birds, but that was a common opinion even among scientists at the time
- Dylan16807 10y agoThat's not what the comment addresses. Could the current theory be wrong? Sure. But any explanation within the current theory is someone doing math incorrectly.