Not Up to Fatima & black holes
Brian Dean errancy@infidels.org
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:51:57 -0400 (00934915917, 37B968FD.AB8ED0C0@worldnet.att.net)
> > BRIDEAN
> > If I remember correctly they had formulas to go on. Isn't that some
> > "kind"
> > of understanding? Do you have any formulas applicable to travelling
> > great
> > distances over space in a reasonable amount of time? Hmm, didn't think
> > so.
> >
> > Eric
> > What?
>
> BRIDEAN
> Well, if you have ever dealt with vector spaces in linear algebra they
> are defined
> by a bunch of formulas that they have to satisfy. But this gives them a
> "definition"
> which you can apply to prove theories. Similarly, if quantum mechanics
> were
> nothing but some formulas, they could also be as well defined as vector
> spaces.
> If not, why not?
>
> Eric
> Do you realize that nothing you say follows any line of logic whatsoever.
> You said, "Do you have any formulas applicable to travelling great
> distances over space in a reasonable amount of time? Hmm, didn't think
> so." Why would you think this can't be calculated and what does it have
> to do with quantum physics?
BRIDEAN
Well, if you can't follow the thread well enough to know what I was replying
to then don't blame me. If you have formulas applicable to traveling between
stars then why don't you tell me how much fuel it would take to travel 100
light years. That is, if you know what kind of fuel to use.