Constant Pain@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 day 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-square74fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-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-21 day agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days 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-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAs a kid, I once heard the theory that aliens are actually time travelers fucking with people.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day 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-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoFor that matter they have not sent travelers to us.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 days 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.
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.
As a kid, I once heard the theory that aliens are actually time travelers fucking with people.
That depends on the type of FTL we use. Some just require infinite energy or exotic particles to work. No mastery of spacetime needed.
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.
For that matter they have not sent travelers to us.
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.