Constant Pain@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 hours agoIf we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequencesmessage-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareIf we ever find a planet with life in it, we could never set foot on it, because the interaction of the two biologies can have unpredictable consequencesConstant Pain@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 hours agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·17 hours agoFTL travel implies a mastery over spacetime itself. After that, a practical time machine is a matter of engineering details. We can be sure that we never get there because we are not flooded with tourists from the future. QED.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat depends on the type of FTL we use. Some just require infinite energy or exotic particles to work. No mastery of spacetime needed.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoAs a kid, I once heard the theory that aliens are actually time travelers fucking with people.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoi wouldnt call it mastery, implies you can control spacetime as well, just finding ways around the speed of light limitations. at least beings shows that control are close to being godlike energy beings.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-214 hours agoI love the hubris of this argument. It’s the identical construction of guys who say a woman must be a lesbian if they reject thier advances.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoFor that matter they have not sent travelers to us.
FTL travel implies a mastery over spacetime itself. After that, a practical time machine is a matter of engineering details.
We can be sure that we never get there because we are not flooded with tourists from the future. QED.
That depends on the type of FTL we use. Some just require infinite energy or exotic particles to work. No mastery of spacetime needed.
As a kid, I once heard the theory that aliens are actually time travelers fucking with people.
i wouldnt call it mastery, implies you can control spacetime as well, just finding ways around the speed of light limitations.
at least beings shows that control are close to being godlike energy beings.
I love the hubris of this argument. It’s the identical construction of guys who say a woman must be a lesbian if they reject thier advances.
For that matter they have not sent travelers to us.