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o_O.Q on 24 December 2017
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drkohler said:
CrazyGamer2017 said:

As for the speed of light, even with our limited human knowledge, scientists discuss of theoretical means to go faster than light because astrophysicists have realized (actually since Einstein) that the universe is relative and that space time can be bent and even torn. We don't have the knowledge and technology to do that ourselves but a super advanced civilization could. So we cannot go faster than light using conventional ways like propulsion because the amount of energy needed to reach the speed of light is equal to infinite. But that's only part the puzzle, not all of it.

You are just gr,asping 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.

so pretty much, you are claiming we have reached the pinnacle of our understanding of physics?

at a time where one of the biggest debates is over how inefficient our methods of transportation are

 

its thinking like this that caused people to burn witches back in the day