OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?

[Cipher7071]

That particular vision is reminiscent of the world in "The Matrix."

[Puke]

and about a million other sci-fi stories since about 1960. maybe before.

relocating the universe is only a viable method (for the purposes of on-topic arguement) if your relocating the ACTUAL universe and not some simulated one. we must assume we are operating in the acutal one for the purposes of practoical discussion...

now the idea that reality can be "disbelieved" or reprogramed based on concensus is one that i am willing to entertain. so is the idea that the whole universe can be moved based on "glitches" or "loopholes" in physics or thermodynamics.

Although I dont place any particular weight in the idea, I'm rather fond of the suggestion that reality is completly defined (even on a macro level) by observation. Laws of science exists because people largely agree that they exist, and that belief has been reinforced over time. its harder and harder to rationalize new things without overwriting pre-existing observations and introducing parodoxes, but wouldnt the world be wild if we just observed it a different way 2000 years ago?

sure, its an absolutely farcical and unproveable theory -- but it sure is fun.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

And thanks, everyone. Much helpfull, as always.