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I'd say the chances that the speed of light is still infinite, 9000 years from now, are rather slim. After all, Newton's system was radically corrected after 32
by zeteo 15y ago
I'd say the chances that the speed of light is still infinite, 9000 years from now, are rather slim. After all, Newton's system was radically corrected after 320 years, and even Aristotle's only held sway for about 2000. Einstein's has held well for the past 106 years, but an additional 9000 years of observation, experiment and theorizing will probably improve it a bit.
- prayag 15y agoSpeed of light as a limit on speed of information or matter is a universal constant. There is a reason why it is called a universal constant, no amount of observation or experimentation would change this universal fact. Of course, the science and technology would change, we would have better understanding of the universe but I doubt we would find anything that would defy the speed of light.
- Tloewald 15y agoIf there's some neat trick we are going to figure out in 9000 years to get around the speed of light then the galaxy / universe would have been overrun by advanced alien civilizations already. Who knows, we may have "sublimed" or been uploaded, but we won't be tooling around at warp 9 in velour uniforms.
- wlievens 15y agoThat same argument goes for sub-lightspeed galactic colonization. The time between the disappearance of the dinosaurs and today (65 mil years) is more than enough to colonize the entire galaxy with simple rocket ships.
- Tloewald 15y agoGood point – some kind of near light speed travel is as magic as FTL for most intents and purposes. So, no star trek.