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If we solve Cryosleep we don't need to go faster then light, just aim carefully and hope that the computers have not died by radiation when it's time to wake yo
by z3t4 8y ago
If we solve Cryosleep we don't need to go faster then light, just aim carefully and hope that the computers have not died by radiation when it's time to wake you up in a million or so years. As time seem to appear infinite. But what if when we wake up, all the mass in the universe (except our space-craft) have been sucked into another dimension, will time still exist !?
- saagarjha 8y agoExcept that this means that you are disconnecting yourselves from anyone who is not in cryosleep, as they would have all died. Incidentally, this problem exists even when moving at close-to-light speeds as well :(
- jacobush 8y agoOr almost as if you move away from friends and family. The human condition.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIf you move away, you usually can come back. Now it's two months out and it's two months back, when you're pushing the speed of light Twenty years on your homeworld's track, pushing the speed of light And your friends are gone and your lovers too And there's damn-all left that you can do And you try to lie, but you know it's true, pushing the speed of light Pushing the speed of light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6LiVJkwyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud6LiVJkwyA
- jacobush 8y agoThat text sent shivers down my spine. As for our mundane world: You usually can come back, but shit often gets in the way. I guess I'm getting kinda old-ish.
- izzydata 8y agoThis reminds me of the final battle in the anime Gunbuster where they are trying to save the human race while traveling at light speed. They know if they engage the alien race they will never be able to see their friends or family again. I think they ended up returning 12000 years later to find the entire planet waiting for them with a light display across the Earth that says "Welcome Home".
- konart 8y agoThank you for sharing this
- TremendousJudge 8y agoNot that long ago, people would migrate to another continent and literally never hear again about the people they left behind. I have a great grandfather that did that. It's really not that different from migrating to another star in that sense.
- cwmma 8y agothat's why you need to set up a lockstep https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-worldbuilding-in-lockstep-is-so-good-it-will-make-y-1584702572 https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-worldbuilding-in-lockstep-is-so-...
- z3t4 8y agoIt's the way of life, and actually not that bad. There would be other things to worry about. And you could probably bring your pet, and anyone crazy enough to follow you on such an endeavor.
- OscarTheGrinch 8y agoI quit everyone on Facebook and feel just fine. I am ready.
- coldtea 8y ago>As time seem to appear infinite Well, isn't the universe scheduled to "die off" due to low entropy in 10^100 years or so?
- jessriedel 8y agoYes exactly. It sounds like a long time unless you're waiting around for your classical computer to brute-force solve a problem for which quantum computers have an exponential advantage.