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Why would Von Neumann probes make silent, sharp, right angled turns at impossible speeds with no visible thrust, defying the known laws of physics. It can't be
by wbhart 7y ago
Why would Von Neumann probes make silent, sharp, right angled turns at impossible speeds with no visible thrust, defying the known laws of physics. It can't be evidence of aliens if it isn't even possible.
- 64738 7y agoThat makes no sense to me. If something is doing something, then it's automatically possible, which, if lacking another explanation, automatically means it could be evidence of aliens. And, defying the known laws of physics isn't impossible, either. We can't even know how much we don't know. That leaves a lot of wiggle room.
- Rodeoclash 7y agoI don't know "how" they do it, but those kind of motions do remind me of how AI agents move in computer games when unconstrained by the rules of physics.
- holler 7y agoperhaps some alien in another dimension was moving his mouse a different direction?
- Tossrock 7y agoIt doesn't violate the laws of physics, just of typical human aircraft engineering. The lack of visible thrust could be due to using interaction with the Earth's magnetic field[1] to generate thrust, as one random example. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodynamic_tether https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodynamic_tether