What’s that saying again? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? I don’t think we’re quite there yet, but for all of you MOdified Newtonian Dynamics fans (and Dark Matter haters) out there here’s a bit of good news.

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    1 year ago

    A warp drive is one of the few innovations that might save humanity from our current peril, here’s hoping

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      1 year ago

      If humanity has proven anything it’s that technology tends to make things worse.

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      Huh, why do you think that? Why would faster than light speed technology have a different impact on society than our current space technologies? (Assuming we don’t encounter aliens)

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        1 year ago

        I mean we’d all still be fucked but a generation ship could give hope to the survival of the species as a whole

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          We haven’t even gotten people to Mars and it would “only” be a couple of year trip with current technology. I can’t imagine society making a generational trip happen any time soon. Sorry for being a Debbie downer.

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            I mean society as a while sure won’t, but desperate times and all that, unlikely for sure but it’s a glimmer