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Old 09-29-2010, 10:18 AM   #1
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What is the speed of dark?
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Old 09-29-2010, 10:39 AM   #2
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Old 09-29-2010, 10:51 AM   #3
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Old 09-29-2010, 12:56 PM   #4
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I don't know. How fast do Mexicans and Muslims run when the xenophobic ultra-patriots try to run them out of their beloved country?
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Old 09-29-2010, 03:17 PM   #5
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I know damn well if this technology were to become a reality, nation states would closely control it's use for their own benefit. Running down to Home Depot for a wormhole is not in the cards.
I had hoped someone in here would tell me how to prevent that scenario? I believe we need this technology mostly for the environmental reasons and there is no guarantee that the nation states would allow applying it at any time ever.
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How do we know what the consequences of moving the heat from the earth's core to the atmosphere are going to be? Will it cause excess cooling of the core, and shrinkage causing massive earthquakes, tsunamis, super volcanoes and prairie dog suicides?
It is only a possibility and needs separate studies. I mean there would be an extreme access to sun rays at the earth or other planets of the solar system, windy regions at various heights, and also geothermal points by means of this technology. The right choice is up to other aspects of the story.
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Mass access to teleportation would be cool, but at the same time it would suck. Those remote exotic locations would lose their charm if they were easy to get to and millions of people around the world decided they wanted to go there. … Put another way, there would no longer be rural areas, it would all be one big suburb.
Thus, we need to think about the ways of keeping the privacy in such a world. There are millions of cell phones, air planes, telescopes, … but people can still have a privacy. There must be a solution …
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I don't think we'd be welcome in other populated parts of the universe.
What happened to Indians when the white people discovered the America? It would depend on which side is stronger and more violent … !
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Old 09-29-2010, 07:37 PM   #6
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I had hoped someone in here would tell me how to prevent that scenario? I believe we need this technology mostly for the environmental reasons and there is no guarantee that the nation states would allow applying it at any time ever.
It has to get into as many hands as possible in the shortest possible time-frame, so it is assumed to be humanities' birthright. If we can manipulate time and space, that shouldn't be a problem.
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Old 09-29-2010, 09:33 PM   #7
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It has to get into as many hands as possible in the shortest possible time-frame, so it is assumed to be humanities' birthright. If we can manipulate time and space, that shouldn't be a problem.
Which is why you need the guys from Google and Wikipedia on board.
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Old 09-30-2010, 04:00 AM   #8
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It has to get into as many hands as possible in the shortest possible time-frame, so it is assumed to be humanities' birthright.
Doesn't help the moonshiners.
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Old 09-30-2010, 04:11 AM   #9
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Which is why you need the guys from Google and Wikipedia on board.
Wikipedia is far from such affairs, but I've contacted Google already, not any reply yet. They don't pay attention if there wouldn't be any news wave of the mainstream media, a Nobel prize or something like these … about this subject.
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Old 09-30-2010, 04:13 AM   #10
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Old 09-30-2010, 04:09 AM   #11
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It has to get into as many hands as possible in the shortest possible time-frame, so it is assumed to be humanities' birthright. If we can manipulate time and space, that shouldn't be a problem.
That's correct, but when this idea comes to practical details, the situation gets disappointing … BTW, we'd be able to manipulate only space, NOT time.
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