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I can imagine this type of reaction when people started to suggest time past at different rates for different observers.

• giantrobot 6y ago
  That's something you can literally demonstrate with accurate clocks and a mountain. This is a mathematical construct that is interesting but it is zero percent closer to any sort of demonstration of the effect let alone an actual implementation. It's frictionless pullies and spherical cows in terms of actual demonstration. Once something requires more energy than fusion reactions can provide you are at energy levels that transmutes or obliterates matter. That's the point your space ship can't exist anywhere near the reaction site.
  • kelnos 6y ago
    Pretty sure when relativity was worked out we didn't have clocks accurate enough. IIRC several of the predictions made by relativity were only able to be tested years later, the Michelson-Morley experiment being the only one performed prior to Einstein's work.
    • TomSwirly 6y ago
      The proposed warp drive requires Jupiter-sized masses organized very precisely. Can you predict how long it will be before humanity can move that much mass around?
  • xupybd 6y ago
    I expect this theory will need a lot more work before it becomes even remotely testable.