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dnimeerf t1_iuf1am3 wrote

The epistemological rupture has been ongoing. Futurism isn't going to go away, you can't put the cat back into the bag, all we can do is warn people against making poor decisions out of haste and dopamine based instant gratification desire. The best way forward is intergalactic society and movement towards a type 1 civilization after the resolution of the post scarcity event in favor of the people of civilization. There will be many that will factionize and tribalize and will not be unlike the Amish are now in a way. Everyone will have choices.

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TopicRepulsive7936 t1_iufhwnv wrote

If the society spreads out and travels to different galaxies at close to speed of light it won't take much time at all.

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TopicRepulsive7936 t1_iufl4im wrote

At 99.99% lightspeed it would take 21 days couple of centuries. Would have to go faster than that.

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Zorander22 t1_iufrbkx wrote

The shorter timeframe is due to time dilation. For the people back on Earth, 25,000 years would pass, but not for people on the voyage.

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dnimeerf t1_iufes8l wrote

Not travelling at increments of 10,000X the speed of light it doesn't.

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HyperImmune t1_iufjxgz wrote

Any sufficiently advanced technology will be considered magic. I’d guess people from 200 years ago would consider a lot of our technology “magic”. Not saying FTL travel is imminent by any means, but who knows what the future truly holds.

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BaronCapdeville t1_iufjoit wrote

All sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

So, yes.

Edit: also, relevant user name.

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starfyredragon t1_iufjs8q wrote

Magic not neccesarry.

Alcubierre drive concept has been refined to the point to where it's achievable with non-exotic forms of matter at semi-realistic energy requirements, and we've known thanks to the math behind super-strings that faster-than-light travel has always been technically possible, and may even happen naturally.

https://thedebrief.org/new-warp-drive-model-requires-no-exotic-matter-scientists-say-we-can-build-it/

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zeezero t1_iuflnue wrote

That article says they are still limited to the speed of light.

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starfyredragon t1_iugbx34 wrote

Fair, I missed that part, I was more focused on it being an Alcubierre derivative that can actually work. Thanks for catching me on that.

Also, my disappointment is immeasurable.

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dnimeerf t1_iufnxwb wrote

I like the force that Tesla spoke of, "the cogwork of nature" so to speak, that which drives space, and all else with it along at a terrible pace. We may yet live to "see manmade horrors beyond our comprehension." Ftl happens naturally, which is part of the principle of operation of the system, which requires an advanced navigation and sensor system to make incremental changes in real time so not to turn the inhabitants into jelly. That system is already being worked on and is the subject of my white paper, and maxwell demon in the making. The software will mature into a navigational array meant for interstellar travel and communication. Our civilization is not yet responsible enough for transdimensional transteleportation.

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dnimeerf t1_iufn7zk wrote

Not at all It was difficult to achieve a near vacuum not many years ago. It was difficult for mankind to understand cavitation in a fluid volume, and still is. It is possible, however difficult, to draw even space from a given area. This seems incomprehensible, but with current understanding and technology, and the unification of civilization toward intergalactic society it is possible to do in just a few decades today what would have been said to be impossible just 10 short years ago. We live in an age of wonders friend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Pais

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