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Salesman slaps a black hole, "When you modulate this baby you can send a signal clear across the galaxy!" That you can detect a modulation on a wave, and thus
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
Salesman slaps a black hole, "When you modulate this baby you can send a signal clear across the galaxy!"
That you can detect a modulation on a wave, and thus transfer information, is something of a tautology, the tricky bit is modulating gravity. If you can do that we're in a whole different ball game and sending data is probably the least amazing thing you can do with that capability :-)
- kijin 6y agoThe movie Interstellar was based on the premise that one can modulate gravity. What does Matthew McConaughey do as soon as he learns how to do it? (Spoiler alert) He sends data to his daughter. It's almost like human nature. If anything can be used to send data, we will send data, no matter how inefficient. We will send an entire ICBM with a thermonuclear warhead to send the rather low-entropy message, "Do as I say, or else."
- sterlind 6y agoIf you're sending an ICBM, you're done talking.
- DarkmSparks 6y agoa single ICBM probably doesnt have enough energy to even get a dial tone.
- virgulino 6y agoMaybe not only human nature? https://xkcd.com/1642/ https://xkcd.com/1642/