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 OrgoneConclusion
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 If Einstein was alive today
#8567726 - 06/26/08 04:56 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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We could force him to rewrite the laws of physics to increase the speed of light so as to allow for human interstellar travel.
Who's with me?
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 Middleman
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Maybe the Shamans are right that the celestial bodies and the afterlife are connected.
Maybe the Egyptians were right that souls travel to Orion to become stars or to Draco to be consumed.
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 DieCommie
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The speed of light will be increased in 2208 to roughly 5E17 km/s, to facilitate space travel. 
edit - and we should beat up maxwell while were at it.
Edited by DieCommie (06/26/08 05:18 PM)
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Middleman
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Even though the light moves relatively slowly there is an unbroken stream of energy between my eye and the star itself which means they are connected as one.
We don't need to lug our Earth suits around the galaxy...
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DieCommie
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 Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: Middleman]
#8567842 - 06/26/08 05:18 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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light moves relatively slowly
Slowly relative to what?
And here I thought a snail moved relatively slowly!
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PhanTomCat
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Quote:
OrgoneConclusion said:
If Einstein was alive today
He would be 129 years old....!
If he still remembered what his theories were, I believe he would be too old and crotchity~ to change his mind about them.... 
I like your idea, but Einstein might need a little strong-arming to have him go along with it.... 
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Middleman
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Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: DieCommie]
#8568005 - 06/26/08 06:00 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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DieCommie said:
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light moves relatively slowly
Slowly relative to what?
The distance between my eye and the star.
What's interesting about light is how it relates to itself.
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mofo
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Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: Middleman]
#8568576 - 06/26/08 08:13 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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Actually, you only need to approach the speed of light to effectively travel between the stars due to the phenomenon of time dilation, but thats more of a science and technology topic.
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Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: mofo]
#8573280 - 06/28/08 01:55 AM (4 months, 23 days ago) |
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the sun is a star fusion reactor core !
light and dark, the code of the universe
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Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: fresh313]
#8573290 - 06/28/08 01:59 AM (4 months, 23 days ago) |
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Just think what he could do with computers and our tech now o.O
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Tesla did the experiments and found out the real speed of light. Einstein was close, but was wrong.
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redgreenvines
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if einstein were alive today
(subjunctive tense, man)
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zouden
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Tesla did the experiments and found out the real speed of light. Einstein was close, but was wrong.
Where on earth did you get that from? The speed of light was measured by Focault before either of those two were even born.
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 Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: zouden]
#8573804 - 06/28/08 09:25 AM (4 months, 23 days ago) |
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Actually it was Fizeau about 20 years before Foucault, in 1850. And both of them used purely mechanical apparatus. No electronics at all.
Very clever these guys. 
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DieCommie
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Re: If Einstein was alive today [Re: Diploid]
#8573959 - 06/28/08 10:42 AM (4 months, 23 days ago) |
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Actually, the speed of light was measured using jupiter's moons in the late 17th century.
However it was first calculated/derived by maxwell.
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OrgoneConclusion
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Quote:
redgreenvines said:
if einstein were alive today
(subjunctive tense, man)
'Were' is preferred and more traditional, but 'was' is more common and also an accepted variant. 
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If I bend space and time, I can make everything a constant 
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Icelander
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Quote:
OrgoneConclusion said:
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redgreenvines said:
if einstein were alive today
(subjunctive tense, man)
also an accepted variant.
Like OC and Swami.
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