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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe there are species that have mastered FTL travel? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)This is still highly speculative and would break a lot of physical theory. We don't see that happening very often without a good reason. For instance, physicists have been trying their darnedest to break the Standard Model for decades. It has stood up throughout it all.
Also, one guy, or even a small group of guys saying something won't convince many physicists. Explain it with a testable hypothesis that works within the framework of established theory and then you may have something.
Advancements in science are always highly conservative. We don't throw out theories whole hog when we make new ones.
I doubt that this thing will go anywhere. But if he thinks it will, have at it, Hoss. Maybe DARPA will give him some funds. They've been known to fund some fringe ideas before. More power to him.