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Originally posted by davesidious
reply to post by Bobbox1980
That still doesn't mean anything. We might as well be asking if the US should release, to the public domain, their infinite sandwich technology, where they can make a sandwich of infinite proportions. Cheese only, though, obviously.
However this theory in no way proves that FTL travel is possible as davesidious said.
But I think what makes this thread off topic in the science and technology section, is going beyond the science of the Alcubierre drive and assuming that the government has such technology and asking what the government should do with it.
No matter how secretly advanced we might have gotten over the past few decades, we simply haven't reached that point yet and i doubt we ever will.
That still doesn't mean anything. We might as well be asking if the US should release, to the public domain, their infinite sandwich technology, where they can make a sandwich of infinite proportions.
Half these drivers suck at driving up to 80 km. Do you seriously want people handling a vehicle that could reach those speeds? Really?
Stating a non-peer-reviewed hypothesis (as it is not a theory) does not mean ANYTHING.
There is no evidence of FTL travel, and no evidence that it is possible. That is why this discussion is abjectly pointless.
Originally posted by jephers0n
Amazing that you, in your infinite wisdom, seem to have such amazing precognitional skills, to be able to say with 100% certainty that our race will in no way travel to remote galaxies, nor meet any type of 'Alien' beings, ever.
So amazing of you to produce irrefutable evidence to prove that what you say is the absolute truth.
Originally posted by davesidious
If you can't even adhere to scientific rigour, please keep this nonsense out of the Science & Technology forum.
Originally posted by jephers0n
Originally posted by davesidious
If you can't even adhere to scientific rigour, please keep this nonsense out of the Science & Technology forum.
Well, THIS explains my problem here. I thought this was in skunk works, as it seemed to me to be a hypothetical situation from the thread title.
I'll bow out of this one, as, it's true, FTL is impossible for us to achieve, at present.
Originally posted by Bobbox1980
reply to post by Arbitrageur
But I think what makes this thread off topic in the science and technology section, is going beyond the science of the Alcubierre drive and assuming that the government has such technology and asking what the government should do with it.So without showing that the government has FTL tech, I would suggest that such a claim with no proof would be better suited for the skunk works forum, rather than the science and technology forum.
If EHT and the warp drive concept are correct then it dramatically increases the odds that the ARV is a real craft manufactured by defense contractors for our government. The odds that the ARV was a made up story at that point would be incredibly small, what are the chances someone would make up a story about the components of a FTL craft that just so happened to have the correct components to achieve FTL? If EHT and the warp drive concept proved correct it would still not be physical tangible proof that the U.S. government had built such craft but it would be incredibly compelling evidence in my opinion.
Originally posted by Bobbox1980
There is evidence of FTL travel, there is no physical tangible proof but there is evidence. McCandlish said a 3 star general was at the exhibit and claimed the ARV could go faster than the speed of light. Last time I checked testimony was considered evidence.
I seriously doubt that such technology exists, and even if it did, would the human body withstand such speeds? I doubt this also.
The hypothesis has not been peer reviewed, so it's just a hypothesis, and not even close to being a scientific theory. You can say what you want, but until that has been rectified, this discussion is pointless.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
That sounds like a circular argument to me. You already admitted we don't have any tangible proof FTL is possible, so what's so amazing about somebody making up a story that doesn't conflict with something else, what if it's all made up? I'd say the chances are pretty good, to answer your question.
McCandlish saying what someone else told him would be considered hearsay
But to discuss scientifically supported concepts, we are talking about evidence that scientists can independently repeat relevant experiments, and I think you agree there is no such evidence