Not only does faster than light travel by matter defy the laws of physics, but I am dubious that intelligence capable of advanced technology is neccesarily a preordained outcome of evolution anywhere life gets a toe hold. Homo sapiens might be an evolutionary fluke, and the Earth got along just fine without us for four billion years.
Doc Dutch (05-30-2023)
Addressed ad nauseam.
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You spent your entire Memorial Day on my thread screaming about seawater, and indulging your petty resentment about me.
That is more than just a little weird.
If it's that important for you to parade around trying to convince posters you know more about chemistry than me, that's fine with me. I didn't major in chemistry, whereas as you have been quick to announce you have been awarded a glorious biogeochem PhD
Agreed Earth doesn't need life. Mars is fine as is. Still, the Universe does seem predisposed to generating life even if it's an extremely rare event per the "ubiquitous organic compound" discussion.
The distances between stars and the limitations of travel would severely hamper interstellar colonization. Colony ships* would be one-way trips, not USS Enterprise-style ships zipping all over the place.
Not a theoretical physicist, but if we develop tech to "warp" or fold space, then why not travel between different universes or timelines?
*Think Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama" or Robert A. Heinlein's "Orphans of the Sky"
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Cypress (05-30-2023)
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