 Runemang
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
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Monday, September 24, 2012 7:51:16 PM
Most of the arguments make sense ... with the current state of technology, knowledge and understanding. But let's not forget that it wasn't that long ago that the world was flat and science was supernatural. Not saying any of these things WILL be possible, but I wouldn't dare to presume that I know they won't. |
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 MrLill
Male, 18-29, Western US
348 Posts
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Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:02:05 AM
this article is limiting and pessimistic. all these are damn well possible. |
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 Psycmoe
Female, 18-29, Western US
28 Posts
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Sunday, August 12, 2012 12:22:39 AM
*facepalm*
Gorram it, get your geekery right. You fail at teh internets. |
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 MrAtari
Male, 30-39, Europe
1083 Posts
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Saturday, August 11, 2012 7:20:48 AM
Star Trek fans laugh about light sabers and never took those seriously anyway. |
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 Flibmeister
Female, 18-29, Europe
840 Posts
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:42:29 AM
@blastaf... nope. I was annoyed too. |
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 Kalimata
Male, 30-39, Canada
591 Posts
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:39:22 AM
"If physics says we can't do something, then we break physics until we can do it."
@TDK Master: A+ quote mate. |
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blastaof
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
21 Posts
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:22:53 PM
Am I the only one bothered by the caption saying light sabers are in star TREK?! |
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 MeGrendel
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2340 Posts
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012 7:56:57 AM
Zach82-"People who say faster-than-light travel is impossible are saying so because the laws of physics prove it is impossible."
The Laws of Physics as they are currently understood.
500 year ago, the Laws of Physics (as understood then) stated that the stars orbited the earth. (this was verifiable through observation.)
75 year ago, the Laws of Physics (as understood then) said that traveling faster than sound was impossible (in fact, said it was a barrier that would destroy any craft that reached it).
Imagine what we'll understand tomorrow. |
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 Thonious
Male, 40-49, Western US
574 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 2:49:35 PM
Pseudo-science at its best. |
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 turtlemurtle
Female, 13-17, Western US
66 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 2:28:39 PM
the only pple that believe it is impossible will never do it.. the pple that do believe will be the ones to discover it.. maybe impossible now.. but in the future i think not |
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 Butters420
Male, 18-29, Canada
37 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 10:19:26 AM
impossible? i think not |
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 CaptainPabst
Male, 18-29, Western US
1253 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 9:58:10 AM
I like how they say these things will never happen but then say well "we dont really know how consciousnesses works but we are PRETTY SURE you cant do these things". Just wait people, just wait. |
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 Zach82
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
316 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 9:56:47 AM
People who said flight was impossible said so because they couldn't imagine how. People who say faster-than-light travel is impossible are saying so because the laws of physics prove it is impossible. Try to see the difference people. |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 9:51:55 AM
This ought to be a Troll article. "Will never exist"? seriously? |
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MeGrendel
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2340 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 8:15:30 AM
These are only 'impossible' to our (currently) limited scope.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
The only one I would deam 'questionable' is Time Travel. Steven Hawking has suggested that the absence of tourists from the future is an argument against the existence of time travel—a variant of the Fermi paradox. |
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 Quik2TheStab
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
665 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 7:36:07 AM
A hundred years ago, faster than sound travel was impossible, a thousand years ago, flight was impossible, a million years ago, buildings were impossible.
It is literally impossible for any theory of physics to actually encompass every facet of how the universe works. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25716 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 7:26:53 AM
None of this list is "impossible". Flight was impossible 2 hundred years ago. What do so any of that list possible 2 hundred years from now. |
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 faaaaq
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
644 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 7:05:01 AM
What a pooty list. Not a single thing on it is "impossible." idk who/what io9 is but they must be a bunch of retards. Nearly every piece of tech we have nowadays was once thought to be entirely impossible, but oh hey look, we are using it all right now >.> |
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 Langer
Male, 18-29, Europe
308 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 6:40:31 AM
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Male, 50-59, Southern US
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 Vimto
Male, 40-49, Europe
1991 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 6:00:25 AM
3. Is possible
4. Is not as hard as they make it look, there are shortcuts. They misunderstand warp drive.
8. Has happened, albeit for only short periods frozen.
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Zach82
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
316 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 5:14:45 AM
None of these issues are a matter of the author not being able to figure out how to do something. Indeed, the cryogenics one merely proposes that one particular method of preservation popular in movies is impossible. They are issues with the constraints of the laws of physics or a deeper reflection on what those technologies entail. Despite what the Enlightenment might have told us, the universe imposes limits on human potential. |
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 MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 4:51:28 AM
"If physics says we can't do something, then we break physics until we can do it."
I admire your spirit, if not your grasp of logic.
"If humans don't go extinct"
When, not if.
Even if we perfect space travel and spread out in all directions, its just a question of (infinite) time, until all human threads peter out or, at best, we evolve into something else.
Have a nice day ! |
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 jaa12064
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
22 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 1:35:07 AM
In 20 years we will all be laughing at this article. |
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 TKD_Master
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
4827 Posts
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Monday, August 06, 2012 1:22:47 AM
So it would seem that based on the comments, the general consensus is that this post sucks. |
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