On 7/6/25 21:05, Alain D D Williams wrote:
On Sat, Jun 07, 2025 at 08:32:55PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
You could not reach the speed of light
Ah, yes, ... and man can never fly...
We are bound by the laws of physics, just because you really, really, really
want to dodge round them does not mean that you can. This is not politics where
a good piece of oratory can persuade law makers to change a country's laws.
Yes: it is possible that new physics might be found but Einstein's theory of
relativity has been well tested and it is this that imposes the speed of light
as a universal speed limit.
And, remember - the breaking of the enigma code, was regarded as impossible,
"regarded" is not the same as "forbidden by a well tested theory of physics".
And, remember, in the first series of Star Trek, they had talking computers
and other things that computers were able to accomplish, way before humans
got such achievements into practice.
No one ever said that talking computers were impossible. Yes: we did not know
how to do it, tech has since progressed. So how is this relevant ?
No amount of wishful thinking will persuade the universe to change the laws of
physics.
"Engineers once believed flying at the speed of sound would be impossible"
- https://www.history.com
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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