ET's/Aliens yes or no?

[AquaPython]

Originally Posted by Trip

Ok, the physics of folding the paper. There is a lot more to this than you actually are making it sound. Folding the paper is not simply walking through one door and stepping out another. Can a worm hole even support life is another question. You over simplifying a very very in depth theory.

yes i am simplifying it, and i am in no way saying it is easy, or we would have already done it. I am simply saying that despite how hard it seems, many people believe it to be possible.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Our physics of only 100 years ago was junk compared to today's. Do you honestly think everything about physics will remain the same in another 100 years?

Exactly, we know nothing about this type of shit. That's why we ruled it out. Is it possible for life to do such a thing? we don't know. That's why we ruled it out and went a different direction with the discussion.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

Ok, the physics of folding the paper. There is a lot more to this than you actually are making it sound. Folding the paper is not simply walking through one door and stepping out another. Can a worm hole even support life is another question. You over simplifying a very very in depth theory.

A 'wormhole' isn't a tunnel in space, it's a hole in the curvature of space-time. It's zero distance.

It has been postulated that they could be created between two impossibly massive, rotating, cylindrical objects. The theory seems sound and has been incorporated into various Hard SF novels, like Poul Anderson's "Avatar."

... though of course you have to get to the two points, in order to construct those cylinders...

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

Epic fail. Fey'd has about 0 squared to do with piloting a heighliner. Acceptable answers would have been norma cenva or dmurr pilru.

I figured Sting was the only character anyone here would recognize.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Trip

Ok, the physics of folding the paper. There is a lot more to this than you actually are making it sound. Folding the paper is not simply walking through one door and stepping out another. Can a worm hole even support life is another question. You over simplifying a very very in depth theory.

A wormhole might not even be necessary. There is talk about creating a "bubble" in space-time around a ship.

[defector]

Originally Posted by Inferno

Einstien already proved that gravity can bend space/time. We have to figure out what gravity is. We don't know what it is...but we do know it is there

There was a show on the science channel that I was watching about this. Pretty interesting stuff.

[Inferno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEiXEHsf4Ms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o69rk...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ls7l...eature=related

[Amber Lamps]

Here's the thing about AC... He's not a kook, he's a charlatan... If you've watched any of his videos or read any of his books over time you realize that his story has changed several times to better mesh with what is going on at the time. Much like religion, he changes his story to better capture the hearts and minds of his audience. In the 90s, he basically foretold the end of the earth in 2000. Oops, 2000 comes and nothing happens, he drops out of sight and now he's back talking about 2012. Heck, even the story of how he first made contact with the aliens has changed 2 or 3 times...

Besides, don't we now have very detailed photos of the dark side of the moon and Mars? Which is probably why he doesn't talk about them as much anymore...

[the chi]

But AC didnt predict the end of the world in 2012, I beleive it was the Mayan calendar...

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by the chi

But AC didnt predict the end of the world in 2012, I beleive it was the Mayan calendar...

That's a mistake that the end-of-the-world types make, on purpose. The Mayan calendar doesn't predict anything. The Mayans just didn't release a 2013 edition of their calendar. Whether it's because they just couldn't be bothered planning further ahead than that, or if it was because their calendar girl Ix Chel wouldn't sign another contact, is up for grabs.

Based on the fact that their civilization is gone, it probably was a good idea not to plan that far ahead anyway.