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I was on mobile so didn't have the time to post a link to more than "search on star lifting", but now that I'm off mobile, have a link. https://en.wikipedia.or
by Eliezer 8y ago
I was on mobile so didn't have the time to post a link to more than "search on star lifting", but now that I'm off mobile, have a link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_lifting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_lifting
EDIT: more material directly on moving stars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine
https://www.dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/stellarengines.pdf https://www.dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/stellarengines.pdf
- maxerickson 8y agoYou've also removed the part where you called those pontifications "engineering". edit: No, seriously, the initial comment shat on the author of the link for not knowing anything about mega-engineering. That's what I was calling silly.
- rayiner 8y agoPeople need to stop abusing the term “engineering.” This is dungeons and dragons fantasy with s bit of math for color.
- abecedarius 8y agoIf you like, you can reserve the term "engineering" for detailed currently-implementable designs (or for work by a licensed professional engineer, or whatever). But that doesn't mean it's impossible or useless to explore what's conservatively doable within the laws of physics using resources we don't yet have.