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This is what I like to refer to as the "bias of computing." The idea is that we deal with so much scientific progress in our fields that we tend to think that s
by Locke1689 16y ago
This is what I like to refer to as the "bias of computing." The idea is that we deal with so much scientific progress in our fields that we tend to think that scientific progress can take us anywhere and no restriction will stand up for long.
However, this is a fallacy that really has no grounding in the laws of physics. What reason do we have for thinking that information can travel faster than the speed of light? Moreover, what evidence do we have that the second law of thermodynamics could be reversed on a macro scale?
The assumption that all barriers will fall as others have seems unreasonable and contradictory to our current evidence.
- nickgeiger 16y agoBut if we never dreamed it so, then we never would have tried and never would have broken down those other barriers. Just the fact that we've broken down all those other barriers inspires me to believe.
- Locke1689 16y agoI think predetermining that faster-than-light information transmission is possible is a bastardization of scientific progress. I don't see physics as a quest to break barriers, I see it as a quest to understand the nature of the universe. If the nature of the universe is that humanity will never colonize another world in a lifetime, then so be it. We simply have to learn to deal with the realities of our existence.
- wil2k 16y agoWell, things might be[come] possible if people like Burkhard Heim are correct with their theories and ideas.. :) http://www.heim-theory.com/Content/Obituary_of_Burkhard_Heim/obituary_of_burkhard_heim.html http://www.heim-theory.com/Content/Obituary_of_Burkhard_Heim... http://www.scribd.com/doc/6990323/Burkhard-Heim-Take-a-Leap-Into-Hyper-Space http://www.scribd.com/doc/6990323/Burkhard-Heim-Take-a-Leap-... www.mufon-ces.org/docs/heimphysics.pdf