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23-11-2016, 07:53 PM | #1 | ||
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I fecking love this guy(no homo).I would spend my full wage on buying him beers just to listen to him talking. He's like the David Attenborough of science imo |
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23-11-2016, 08:12 PM | #2 | ||
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Actually if you drop a series of stargates in the empty space between the two galaxies and hack them to forward the buffered information from one to the next without exiting the network (except at the midway point where you need to leave the Milky Way network and join the other galaxy's network, you have to exit into a little space station for a couple of minutes then) you can do it in like 10 mins. Science Fact.
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23-11-2016, 08:43 PM | #3 | |||
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You could just do it the Mass Effect Andromeda way and send a ship to Andromeda with the majority of its occupants in stasis
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23-11-2016, 08:58 PM | #4 | ||
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23-11-2016, 08:59 PM | #5 | ||
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23-11-2016, 09:06 PM | #6 | ||
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Which is sort of sad / ironic, really. The universe must be absolutely FULL of life... But the vast majority of species out there will never make contact with another. It'll happen occasionally I'm sure, where by coincidence there are two planets with intelligent life in the same region of space (or even the same solar system) and they're close enough to make at least communicative contact if not physical contact, but most (like us) will be effectively "alone". IF we don't wipe ourselves out eventually (which is most likely) I do think we will eventually have other inhabited planets... But it'll just be human colonies. Or I guess in theory... Highly evolved versions of other earth-born life? Bird people? |
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23-11-2016, 10:11 PM | #7 | |||
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Fermi paradox questions why we have no evidence of alien intelligence given the universe is billions of years old, and it would only take a fraction of that time for a sufficiently advanced civilisation to traverse, say, the Milky Way galaxy. Maybe we are the only instance in the universe of life or intelligence starting? We can't rule that out.
Generation ships or Self-replicating machine ships might be the best hope of travelling to other galaxies if faster-than-light type travel is not possible. |
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23-11-2016, 10:39 PM | #8 | ||
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And yet, as you say, zero evidence of other intelligent alien life... but that stops being a paradox if you take the bold part out of the equation. True that even at the fastest sub-light speeds you could cross the galaxy in a fraction of that time... but would it ever be feasible or desirable? Would any being intelligent enough to develop the technology to travel through space for generations, taking YEARS to even get from one star to the next, actually bother to do so? IMO the absence of "warp" or "wormhole" travel makes the exploration of anything but the "nearest" star systems impractical. It probably simply can't be done. |
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24-11-2016, 01:35 AM | #9 | |||
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"if faster-than-light type travel is not possible"
Yes and another way is Sending a 10 year old boy who will 50 when he arrives at the 2nd Earth. Fully Educated via Computer on board, I did a thread on this some years back. The 2nd Earth is Fantastic if the folks on that planet do not like us we will kill them all , later on. Now that Lad now 50 years old can fight , make love , solve sewer problems etc. Its How We on this Earth will carry on. No Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek writer to stop us. Feel The Force .........James Last edited by arista; 24-11-2016 at 01:38 AM. |
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24-11-2016, 06:33 AM | #10 | ||
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24-11-2016, 07:07 AM | #11 | ||
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The FTL drive would awesome if possible.But i'm not sure if anything could go faster than light.Even if so...How much faster than light would you need to go?Even if if you could go three times faster then it's still gonna take you 33,000 years just to leave our galaxy.That's crazy.
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24-11-2016, 10:19 AM | #12 | |||
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There's this Brian Cox video where he explains it - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029n23h |
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24-11-2016, 10:33 AM | #13 | ||
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What I suppose it does mean though is potentially only a tiny number of "habitable zone" planets have more than single cell life, and intelligent (to the point of technology) species might be much rarer than is technically possible based on the number of planets that COULD support it. Maybe entire galaxies with only a couple or none at all. Which would still probably explain "no contact". Even if travelling between stars becomes theoretically quick-ish, travelling between galaxies would be something far beyond that. |
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24-11-2016, 12:53 PM | #14 | |||
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The only Galaxies and Milky Ways that we will be capable of reaching anytime soon are on the Confectionary Stands in shops, kiosks, and Supermarkets.
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24-11-2016, 03:10 PM | #15 | ||
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24-11-2016, 04:28 PM | #16 | |||
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I witnessed a tragedy this morning - my best friend was killed, and I stood by helpless. Poor Mr Spock - murdered by Klingons. I know, I know...... I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPOCKSAVERS.
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24-11-2016, 04:31 PM | #17 | ||
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You really shouldn't sink SULU with these jokes
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24-11-2016, 04:48 PM | #18 | |||
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But Chekov my reasons for doing so.
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24-11-2016, 05:05 PM | #19 | |||
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It feels like a long way off but I'd love it to be in my lifetime.
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25-11-2016, 08:12 AM | #20 | |||
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It was only in 1926 that we realised that there were other galaxies. Thank you Mr Hubble.
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25-11-2016, 09:01 AM | #21 | |||
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We don't,we had one chance with the planet we have and we blew it.
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25-11-2016, 09:05 AM | #22 | |||
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You know my methods
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25-11-2016, 09:12 AM | #23 | |||
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It's being squeezed out of me :/
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25-11-2016, 09:14 AM | #24 | |||
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You know my methods
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25-11-2016, 10:22 AM | #25 | |||
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Am I truly GLAD you're back - I needed cheering up.
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