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Originally Posted by T@T
If we live long enough we will learn...we always do!  |
We do, but we're still limited by the laws of the universe. Hard to say what the solution to the problem of interstellar space travel will look like, if the problem gets solved at all.
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
So... at the risk of looking like a complete fata here.. is a worm hole in a sense just an equation?
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In a sense yes, but it's a specific way of looking at the equations which seem to accurately define our universe (General Relativity). But not all solutions and manipulations of those equations reflect what is observed in reality, so the fact that the equations allow for such a thing doesn't mean that that thing is in fact physically possible.
The equations also allow for time travel but it requires an infinitely long rod rotating at infinite speed
In the end our equations are an attempt at describing reality.
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
Could it be comparable to "warp speed" from Star Trek?
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Something like that, more along the lines of T@T's example of drilling through the mountain to create your own shortcut, but the end effect would be the same; being able to go from one place to another faster than light.
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
Did I just ask a question that gets a lot of nya nya smirks from scientists across the world?
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I don't think so, science is about finding answers to the weird questions.