General / Off-Topic Warp drive PDF

I wonder what things the anti-science crowd will be claiming is fake when warp drives can be made. Or maybe they'll just lead us to a new dark age before that happens...yeah, that's much more likely. :)
This is the problem. All theories are just speculation and not hard fact. So what is an objective observation becomes subjective through different intepretations. Flat Earthers at least look out of their window and reaffirm their beliefs. Warp drive depends on faith in science. The energy required to propel us through space at those speeds fast enough to make interstellar flight legitimate, and worth it in our lifetimes, would never be allowed in the public domain, or even the knowledge of it. It would end fossil fuels over night. Let's be honest here and not naive. Too many lobbyists exist and we all know they bribe the hell out of politicians. Petroleum companies will never let us have the tech.
 
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I wonder what things the anti-science crowd will be claiming is fake when warp drives can be made. Or maybe they'll just lead us to a new dark age before that happens...yeah, that's much more likely. :)

This is the problem. All theories are just speculation and not hard fact. So what is an objective observation becomes subjective through different intepretations. Flat Earthers at least look out of their window and reaffirm their beliefs. Warp drive depends on faith in science. The energy required to propel us through space at those speeds fast enough to make interstellar flight legitimate, and worth it in our lifetimes, would never be allowed in the public domain, or even the knowledge of it. It would end fossil fuels over night. Let's be honest here and not naive. Too many lobbyists exist and we all know they bribe the hell out of politicians. Petroleum companies will never let us have the tech.

I've heard a beautiful metaphore for it technological advancement and knowledge.
Imagine Earth like a train. In the front there are technicians and scientists, constantly studying the engine, tweaking and improving, learning new things, trying to make the train move faster. Then there are normal people, some just living their lives, some watching the engine and people in it with interest,... Sadly at the end of a train there is a car full of idiots who are constantly pulling the emergency brake. :D
 
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