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Exactly where my mind went. Does the perspective described in the paper make the Alcubierre drive seem more plausible? Or is there something about the nature of
by gradys 8y ago
Exactly where my mind went. Does the perspective described in the paper make the Alcubierre drive seem more plausible? Or is there something about the nature of the dark fluid hypothesized that would make it useless for something like that?
- krapp 8y ago>Or is there something about the nature of the dark fluid hypothesized that would make it useless for something like that? Assuming it was, literally, some kind of magical FTL juice... it all seems to be outside the galaxy, which means tens of thousands of years' travel just to get to it. If we're willing and able to do that, why bother with FTL at all?
- noetic_techy 8y agoHe is also implying that it spontaneously emerges from space on a continuous basis. If that's the case then it may be possible to setup a harvester of negative mass. The question is how much of it emerges in so many square km of empty space. It could be 1 particle per light year.
- krapp 8y agoI'm not a huge fan of the Fermi paradox but if it has any validity, it would seem to suggest the problem is difficult to say the least.
- noetic_techy 8y agoOr extremely easy if you believe the UFO reports... the only incorrect assumption is that they would initiate contact. Even Dawkings knew that this would be a stupid assumption: https://www.richarddawkins.net/2017/11/we-just-sent-a-message-to-try-to-talk-to-aliens-on-another-world/ https://www.richarddawkins.net/2017/11/we-just-sent-a-messag... If they show up every couple thousand years and don't say anything, would we even notice?