Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 28, 2009

Ok, yust to clarify… We (physicists) don’t know what gravity is exactly (yet)… There are several competing theories. The presently most accepted is the theory of general relativity. Well, there are several possible interpretations that allow the existence of anti gravity - although it is very unlikely (for instance: one would need negative mass). However one thing is certain, we have not been able to detect anywhere anything similar. On the other hand, what we really need is the ability to manipulate gravity better (even now we can manipulate it extensively, but it is not good enough). According to the present theories - namely the theory of general relativity - again, it is impossible to travel faster then the speed of light. BUT we can cheat. I have seen the math and it is indeed possible. So called warp speed is not so much of a science fiction (but we would need to manipulate gravity better to achieve that)… However there are other possibilities too. Like artificial worm holes and such… I wonder if the human race didn’t waste its resources in pursuit of profit and power where would be now?