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Time crystals and ion traps... I must have fallen asleep watching Doctor Who again. Joking aside, this could be the E=mc^2 of our generation. We take for grant
by ryanthejuggler 13y ago
Time crystals and ion traps... I must have fallen asleep watching Doctor Who again.
Joking aside, this could be the E=mc^2 of our generation. We take for granted that the speed of light is the universal speed limit and that DNA has a helical shape, but a century ago we knew neither of these things. The internet, in the scheme of things, is still in its adolescence (at best). The thing that fascinates and scares me more than anything is that in 50 years science will have already advanced beyond recognition.
- jerf 13y ago"Joking aside, this could be the E=mc^2 of our generation." No, it's way less interesting than it sounds. It's interesting, but the inevitable science fiction overtones make it sound way more interesting than it actually is. It's really "just" another "humdrum" implication of quantum mechanics. It's also another interesting way of exploring the mathematical relationship between the time and space dimensions, which itself, while very interesting, isn't as interesting as putting those words in a science fiction show would make them sound. It's the hard kind of interesting that involves years of mathematics study and the resulting profound realizations about the nature of the universe that raise two questions for every question answered, not the kind of interesting that produces aliens before the next commercial break. If you want the profound realizations, they're there for the taking, but it does take the work.
- redblacktree 13y agoAnd yet, these insights appear to happen instantaneously. (Note that I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out an apparent paradox)