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| Thread ID: 55052 | 2005-03-01 10:10:00 | Teleportation / Time travelling... | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 329455 | 2005-03-02 21:03:00 | e=mc2 Energy and mass are two sides of the same coin. Or perhaps the better illustration is that they exist at opposite ends of a track. At absolute rest, you are all mass. Why are you not surprised? :o As you accelerate, your mass begins to change into energy, until at C, your body mass is pure energy. And its unlikely you'd be alive in the conventional sense. :eek: Think of mass as frozen energy because that is what it is. There is an excellent book on the subject for anyone interested www.amazon.com Available from Whitcoulls. While you are at it,what is death exactly? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 329456 | 2005-03-02 22:22:00 | And with the Canterbury Society of Theosophists on your doorstep, you are just the man to find the answer. :thumbs: | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 329457 | 2005-03-03 01:57:00 | And with the Canterbury Society of Theosophists on your doorstep, you are just the man to find the answer. :thumbs: You seemed on a roll there,thought you might have thrown that in! :lol: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 329458 | 2005-03-03 02:23:00 | I think what most people seem to unavail themselves of, is the reality that the basics of modern physics is really a quantum leap to what lies close behind us in the past. Not too many people know, for instance, that the equation of actual vs factual is quite a simplified affair. Take for example, the "known" vs the "unknown" - how much difference is there between them? Not a heck of a lot. Just a tad of knowledge makes them become one. For instance... xm2j (secondary denzH formula) multiplier low-resource technology is not commonly known. But all you do is take a person, give him/her a dose of www.HIGH INPUT, and lo and behold, you have a "smarter" person. *sigh* what a wonder! |
Greg (193) | ||
| 329459 | 2005-03-03 03:03:00 | [QUOTE=Laura]As opposed to Veale, I think that this is a great thread. The fact that I don't understand most of what you guys are saying in it is immaterial. It's a brain-stretcher - albeit in fun. Good for all of us to consider something we wouldn't otherwise have even thought about. QUOTE] To validate my earlier post. The fact that you are discussing a topic that is ficticious and yet somehow try and justify it into fact seems relatively stupid to me. Perhaps I should start a thread entitled "why cant men have babies?" This may generate discussion regarding why this could or could not be possible. The fact of the matter is that it is a stupid post in the first place. But by all means discuss what you will. Regards Veale |
Veale (536) | ||
| 329460 | 2005-03-03 03:42:00 | Veale says " The fact that you are discussing a topic that is ficticious and yet somehow try and justify it into fact seems relatively stupid to me" . Maybe it might be helpful for him to work through 2 books by Brian Greene ( he of Superstring theory) - The Elegant Universe and the more recent Fabric of the Cosmos . Each contains a detailed ( and heavy going) discussion of the physics of time travel . Perhaps after that, he may wish to reconsider "stupid" . . . . . Cheers Tony ( nipping off into a wormhole . . ) |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 329461 | 2005-03-03 04:00:00 | Veale says " The fact that you are discussing a topic that is ficticious and yet somehow try and justify it into fact seems relatively stupid to me" . Maybe it might be helpful for him to work through 2 books by Brian Greene ( he of Superstring theory) - The Elegant Universe and the more recent Fabric of the Cosmos . Each contains a detailed ( and heavy going) discussion of the physics of time travel . Perhaps after that, he may wish to reconsider "stupid" . . . . . Cheers Tony ( nipping off into a wormhole . . ) :thumbs: Well done Tony F, reading is good . I recommend Dr . Suess', "The Cat in the Hat", apparently cats can talk, grow eight foot tall and even wear hats . I encourage you to visit my thread "Why cant men have babies?" it really is riveting . I am sure you could enlighten me with more wisdom . Regards, Veale |
Veale (536) | ||
| 329462 | 2005-03-03 04:10:00 | There's a book which might help you . The Science of Harry Potter . Teleportation by quantum entanglement seems to require storage of definition of the characteristics of all the atoms involved . Storage of just the postion elements (which is probably not enough) which might be possible in one atom of carbon . For a human, that would require a diamond crystal of about a cubic mile . And you'd need one for each end . New Scientist had an article which roughly estimated the energy required a few years ago . The number was big . I don't think it's on . As for using 'wormholes", even if you could get the "exotic" materials required to keep the hole open, the tidal effects on anything entering would mean that you would not only "look" distorted (to an observer) as you went through the boundary because of the bending of light in the gravity fields; you would be physically distorted too . The further distortion as you exited at the other end might make you wonder (if still alive --- very dubious) "was this journey really necessary" . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 329463 | 2005-03-03 04:11:00 | Veale says " I am sure you could enlighten me with more wisdom." but the point of my comment is that you could add to your wisdom with a bit of a read on the thread subject.. Have a go at Greene - he writes very well, but some of the concepts are daunting when you encounter these for the first time. | TonyF (246) | ||
| 329464 | 2005-03-03 04:40:00 | As for using 'wormholes", even if you could get the "exotic" materials required to keep the hole open, the tidal effects on anything entering would mean that you would not only "look" distorted (to an observer) as you went through the boundary because of the bending of light in the gravity fields; you would be physically distorted too. The further distortion as you exited at the other end might make you wonder (if still alive --- very dubious) "was this journey really necessary". Indeed, rather problematic. As I recall, one model requires two black holes rotating in opposite directions. The lucky traveller squeezes through between them. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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