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Originally Posted by Photon
I think it's more a matter of the words you are using here. Science doesn't say FTL travel is "impossible", it says it isn't possible and probably won't be possible in the future. Science never ever deals with certainties.
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Isn't possible doesn't equal impossible? Sounds like they are saying just about everything expect the word itself.
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Originally Posted by Photon
Things in science are never impossible, just improbable, but just because something isn't impossible doesn't mean that it's reason enough to give it a great deal of thought.. we could find out one day Santa is real too (and there's more to rule out FTL travel than there is to rule out Santa I'd say).
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Of course not all concepts are worth pursuing, but I'd say FTL travel would certainly be one to give a fair amount of attention to.
Going back to my original comment on travel times down under, I guess I should have thought that through a bit more but didn't realize it would get picked apart as much as it did. The only point I was trying to get across is large distances may not be as big an issue to us in the future as it is now.
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Originally Posted by Photon
Sure, but "wrong" in terms of science doesn't mean what I think you mean here.
General Relativity is so well tested that it will never be "wrong",
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Then why isn't it the Law of Relativity? Honest question, not trying to be a d**k.