Traveling Faster than Light
As interesting as the article is, the commentary is more interesting:
Hi, I’m a great modern scientist. When my theories of the universe only account for 4% of what I observe, I automatically just assume that my understanding of the 4% cannot possibly be wrong…therefore I’ll just insert fudge factors for “extra mass” and “extra energy”…then my equations look right again. Once I’m all done I’ll call it “dark stuff” and repeat it so often the the general public starts deciding that I actually know what I’m talking about. Pretty soon I start writing articles about how I’m going to use my 4% of the universe that I CAN explain to manipulate the 96% of the universe that I CAN’T explain so that I have a reasonable-sounding way to travel faster than the speed of light. Ah…I love being a great modern scientist.
The article basically talks about how it might be possible to interact with “dark energy and dark matter” which theoretically make up 96% of our universe and is naturally invisible (undetectable) to humans whereby a dark matter/energy vacuum could be created in front of an object and the dark matter/energy pressure from behind the object could be used to propel the object much in the same way that a surfer is propelled by waves. Only these waves would be moving faster than light.
In the end, 10 years ago we would not have considered invisibility or antigeria. Today they have left science fiction and entered science theory/fact.
Personally, I think Agent K’s quote from MIB is most appropriate:
Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you’ll know tomorrow.
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