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Or warp drives are simply impossible or at least ultra unfeasible. Nothing unsettling about that thought.
by mr_mitm 2y ago
Or warp drives are simply impossible or at least ultra unfeasible. Nothing unsettling about that thought.
- quotemstr 2y agoSuperluminal travel being infeasible probably limits our species to our own solar system.
- evilduck 2y agoYou don't need anything near light speed for single human lifetimes to navigate beyond the solar system but it will be a one way trip mostly devoid of communication. We can seed the galaxy but can't watch it bloom.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> but it will be a one way trip mostly devoid of communication Which describes our species' travels until only a few thousand years ago.
- evilduck 2y agoAbsolutely. We want FTL in stories because it allows us to tell a sequential narrative across vast galactic distances. We want FTL in science and mathematics because humans as a species don't like hard limits to what is allowed. We want FTL in our life because few people are willing to cut all ties to their family, friends, and society to wander off into the void without hope of ever returning or being heard from again. But... some people are okay with that finality of their decision to push limits and that's how islands over the horizon get discovered and settled.
- Loughla 2y agoIt is unsettling though. Because it places a limit on what has so far been essentially limitless success as a species. Without travel beyond our solar system, we won't last forever. And that's kind of sad for me.
- dTal 2y agoWe won't last forever anyway. Nothing does.
- rkagerer 2y agoIf I was a really advanced civilization and the universe was nearing its end, I'd embark on a project of unparalleled scale that might wind up resembling a big bang with a spark of panspermia-precursor seasoned in.
- luxpir 2y agoGoosebumps thinking of how many universes could have played out before this one. Or alongside it.
- lloeki 2y agoGoosebumps just with ours already: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4izuDMUQA
- mab122 2y agoMay I... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question
- worstspotgain 2y agoIndeed, we know so little about the nature of things that it's really a bit premature to hold our current understanding as the final word over what will happen. For one thing, a large fraction of possibilities involves simulations. In a simulation with successful traits, some constants and elementary particles might turn out to have been misunderstood later on...
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- rkagerer 2y agoNot unsettling, but a little bit melancholy.