05-23-2003, 05:20 PM
Pete, I have to agree with you. I would like to discuss the topic, but without everyone having a good basis of understanding on state of thinking on general relativity and quantum mechanics it is pointless.
Obi and others -- If you are *really* interested in this you should read and fully understand at least the following authors works. From what I have read, many of you are misunderstanding the general principles of relativity and in understanding the continuum of space time. That is, you don't need to travel at or even near the speed of light to experience temporal distortion.
Stephan Hawking --
A Brief History of Time
The Future of Spacetime
Einstein --
Relativity (Routledge Classics) by Albert Einstein, Robert W. Lawson (Translator)
Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
Another one to consider would be;
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne, Frederick Seitz
...and I would add something dealing with String Theory like,
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Here is more of a philosophical poser for you. If time travel were possible, wouldn't someone from the future have come back to tell us. So if they haven't then maybe it isn't possible, or maybe in the future when time travel is possible they exercise wisdom along with their knowledge.
Obi and others -- If you are *really* interested in this you should read and fully understand at least the following authors works. From what I have read, many of you are misunderstanding the general principles of relativity and in understanding the continuum of space time. That is, you don't need to travel at or even near the speed of light to experience temporal distortion.
Stephan Hawking --
A Brief History of Time
The Future of Spacetime
Einstein --
Relativity (Routledge Classics) by Albert Einstein, Robert W. Lawson (Translator)
Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
Another one to consider would be;
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne, Frederick Seitz
...and I would add something dealing with String Theory like,
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Here is more of a philosophical poser for you. If time travel were possible, wouldn't someone from the future have come back to tell us. So if they haven't then maybe it isn't possible, or maybe in the future when time travel is possible they exercise wisdom along with their knowledge.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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