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the only reason you would bounce around is if it’s poorly calibrated It's likely that there is no way to calibrate it correctly. If you don't have the benefit
by lkrubner 9y ago
the only reason you would bounce around is if it’s poorly calibrated
It's likely that there is no way to calibrate it correctly. If you don't have the benefit of gravity to hold you at a specific point of space/time, then where would you get the coordinates that would allow you to remain in a specific spot, especially when that spot is moving rapidly, relative to a previous spot in space/time?
- fapjacks 9y agoIf you had a powerful enough computer being fed comprehensive enough sensory data, I think it would be trivial to stay in one spot relative to something else (e.g. the Earth). I mean, if you had some kind of fairly magical propulsion device and could also ignore gravity.
- jacobush 9y agoWhat the heck are you discussing?! If there was such a thing as an antigravity device, there are so many unknowns, that to even pretend we can have the slightest cue about if or how it could be calibrated, is just ... weird.
- lkrubner 9y agoEven with hypotheticals, we can still think it through as clearly as possible. If gravity is a warp in space time, and you are able to unwarp spacetime, then where are you relative to someone inside of the warp? We can set aside the whole subject of gravity and simply treat this as a math problem, involving topology. If we imagine there is a way for you to unwarp a location on a manifold then you are... where? According to all we know, the situation would be ambiguous.
- Mister_X 9y agoBack off, Man. These are Experts here. Show some respect.
- jacobush 9y ago? :-)
- kamaal 9y agoYou need a real time space-time equivalent of a map to tell you how much of anti gravitons to emit in what direction to keep still. It could also be: 1. Device starts. 2. Map data not yet available. 3. Oops. Erratic movements. 4. Map data now available, device stable. Kinda sequence of steps.