Leading on from my other thread, faster than light travel?

Post by **DooMer** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:49 am

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:25 pm

I like rubbing it in.

Post by **tnf** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:55 pm

You haven't rubbed anything in other than that you don't get it. I could have told you 200 years ago flight was possible. The laws that govern the universe and the limitations they impart on nature are not intellectual states. We observed flight, and thus knew it was possible by said laws. We haven't observed FTL travel, and thus need to keep researching before we can even be sure if it is possible.
Plausibility is a different thing. There's the intellectual state you are talking about.

Post by **xer0s** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:02 pm

Yep, Da Vinci knew it was possible, but he just didn't have the means of building his craft...

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:21 am

Look, we're going in circles here. I could tell you one more time that in 200 years someone might say "Burkhard Heim knew FTL was possible."

From our perspective Da Vinci may have been right, but from the perspective of 200 years ago, he could have been flat-out wrong, and I am sure there were many people that thought so.

They didn't know the laws of aerodynamics and we dont't know the laws of FTL travel. It could have been possible, or maybe not. You have to be a moron to not see the parallel here.

That is the intellectual scale (I never said intellectual state, shows how well you read my posts) I was talking about and you just don't get it. Sorry dude.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:28 am

And if you start this "Birds can fly and so can we!" shit again I'll have a nervous breakdown because if you don't understand that from a perspective of 200 years ago bird flight had ZERO implications on whether human flight would ever be possible than I just don't know what to say.

Post by **Grudge** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:29 pm

this thread shouldn't have to be 4 pages

Post by **Hannibal** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:24 am

ek wrote:hey guys i found this amazing book about the speed of light, lets discuss it to detail, and then i'll try and find more amazing books.

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Rrg ... ght&pgis=1

ek owned this thread.

Post by **Tsakali** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:44 am

ah! this was a good thread

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:17 am

Grudge wrote:this thread shouldn't have to be 4 pages

Nice bump

but

SplishSplash wrote:
One could say that. Or one could say that you keep missing the point of a discussion.

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:03 am

I wonder if SplishSplash still holds this view

Post by **LawL** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:28 am

Oh yes, I wonder that too. Faggot.

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