Title: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: elwoodblues91 on August 04, 2014, 12:56:32 AM Came across this biography via the SmithsonianChannel on YT.Fascinating stuff...but the segment where they talk about light travel being plausible in the future,is a bit out of touch with reality,I think.
As I understand it(assuming that a transport could achieve such a speed),they overlooked a critical principal of physics,which is that no human could tolerate the g-force from the acceleration. More specifically(if memory serves)...in order for a human to safely accelerate to the speed of light,the duration..in the gradual progress of the acceleration,would take longer than the human life span. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDLU7T0U1NY Title: Re: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: Oren on August 04, 2014, 06:14:57 PM Can't get that one up here in Canada, Pilgrim...
Regardless, the concept is fascinating. Many futurists believe space travel will be accomplished through "out of body experience", where a person's consciousness will travel through time and space while their body rests comfortably. Some very accomplished folk claim to have already done this successfully... http://www.monroeinstitute.org/ Title: Re: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: folderol on August 04, 2014, 07:05:18 PM I once read about a possible way to 'cheat' the system. It works on the assumption of multiple dimensions, not just the three we know about. As Einstein himself once said. You can have a limit of one, but if something can have more than one state, then it can have many.
If space is curved, as a lot of scientists think, then instead of walking round the curve to get from one place to another, if you can find the right different dimensions, and can find a way to use them, your wanted destination might just be one step and a twist away. Yes a lot of 'ifs' there ::) Title: Re: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: MarioD on August 05, 2014, 04:09:34 PM Thom, that was very interesting, thanx for sharing.
Sci-fi predicting the future is nothing new. I have a good friend who loves reading old Sci-fi books from the 40s-60s just to determine what has become a reality. There are a lot of examples of this. Do you know what movie had the first "transporter" type of machine in it? Title: Re: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: elwoodblues91 on August 06, 2014, 12:55:58 AM Thom, that was very interesting, thanx for sharing. Do you know what movie had the first "transporter" type of machine in it? Nope...have no idea. Title: Re: The Origins Of Star Trek Post by: MarioD on August 06, 2014, 01:33:58 PM Thom, that was very interesting, thanx for sharing. Do you know what movie had the first "transporter" type of machine in it? Nope...have no idea. The Fly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_%281958_film%29 |