(February 2, 2016 at 8:05 am)abaris Wrote:(February 2, 2016 at 6:48 am)Brian37 Wrote: At best we might get lucky and communicate at some point. But that is about it. I think far too many people treat Star Trek like a holy book, real science is not as sexy as a si fi show.
As long as the speed of light is an absolute, even communication is unlikely.
Meh, not to me about speed, but the difference between wave function vs once it gets up to the macro atom level. I don't see how you can break something down to the wave level, move it or copy it, and put it back together somewhere else in the exact same order when talking about humans or spaceships. And even NASA said that while the warp drive from Star Trek was mathematically plausible, on paper, they also said the energy required to make it work was not.
Even with say instead of speed, say bending space and time instead, you also get stuck with input vs output problems.
I think QM is still useful and will garner lots of new knowledge. But ultimately I think we are stuck on the macro level and QM will only give us more mathematical understanding looking in.
