| drkohler said: You are just grasping at straws. It is completely irrelevant how far advanced a possible species might be. If they came to us, they'd have to follow OUR laws of physics in OUR back garden. Those are basically based on two theories, Quantum Physics and General Relativity. QP is the most solid and successful theory that has ever existed (on GR, there possibly still is some leeway), and those two theories tell us: Sorry, no aliens in our backyards. (Strangely, those aliens seem to have a knack of rectally probing middle aged, overweight, possibly sexually frustrated white american women living in small town , if we go by the plethoria of "alien contact "reports). Now you can dream up Star Trek "science" as much as you like, but here's the truth for you: It's only a TV series. Without gimmiks like warp drives, transporters, phasers, there would not have been a show. As for bending space and wormholes and all that stuff, yes physics can calculate theoretical solutions to overcome the speed of light. They all come down to completely, absolutely ridiculous amounts of energy required. So why all the fuss about meeting aliens in backyards? Well books sell (much easier than "boring science books"), and there is a large circus wagon train selling those books to the gullible. |
Our laws of physics? You think the laws of physics we know only apply here? The laws of physics are universal. As for quantum physics and general relativity, it is precisely those laws of physics that make possible travel faster than light. It is already thought that some particles could travel faster than light and I'm not even talking about multi-dimensions thought possible through string theory and I won't even mention time travel which general relativity has proven to be a fact, relatively speaking.
