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gaybraham-lincoln t1_j0gj5d4 wrote

Reply to comment by s1ngular1ty2 in Why FTL travel seems impossible to me from a practical standpoint. Insight requested. by JerryWasARaceCarDrvr

“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”

Science is ever changing, and we are always learning more new things that we didn’t think were possible

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s1ngular1ty2 t1_j0gklfg wrote

I don't care what you believe. I'm telling you facts. FTL is impossible and just because you don't understand this doesn't mean it isn't true.

We have an extremely developed understanding of physics that hasn't changed dramatically in 100 years when it comes to FTL travel. It is not likely to ever change either.

FTL is just impossible.

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X2Starbuster t1_j0h6c79 wrote

These two statements are irreconcilable. “It is not likely to ever change either“ and “FTL is just impossible”.

Scientific consensus is that FTL in the ways currently discussed is extremely unlikely, outside of some limited potential wormhole scenarios that either require exotic materials, science, and massive energy that renders it pretty speculative.

Any change to that would be a pretty significant scientific revolution, but those have happened before and will almost certainly happen again.

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