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2575437 No.2575437 [Reply] [Original]

What if instead of building fleets of ships to explore the galaxy, we develop a system of wormhole-slinging, whereby we expand our dominion over the stars by opening wormholes in as many systems as possible to search out and colonize other worlds?

>> No.2575446
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2575446

sage

>> No.2575457

Running out of ideas, are we?

>> No.2575477

The energy it would take to expand a wormhole more than a millimeter exceeds the upper bound of the estimation of total energy contained in the universe.

How bout we just make lots of threads posing questions showing our obvious ignorance while showing our ugly face as well?

>> No.2575498

Because ships are 'easy' and wormholes are questionable theory.
iirc most wormhole theories require the hole stars as a single point that is separated by 'negative energy' or other oddities. The end of the hole would need to be manually moved to it's destination while generating absurd amounts of negative energy to maintain stability.
That is ignoring the question of weather the wormhole could even be stable above quantum sies.

>> No.2575517

>>2575498
the hole starts* at* a single point

>> No.2575510 [DELETED] 

the hole starts* at* a single point

>> No.2575551

>The energy it would take to expand a wormhole more than a millimeter exceeds the upper bound of the estimation of total energy contained in the universe.

I really doubt this. Citation needed.

>> No.2575608

Since FTL is impossible, wormholes will end up being the only feasible alternative.

>> No.2575673

>>2575608
observed from the outside, wormholes are FTL, sort-of

>> No.2575680

>>2575673
I should add that I mean that in a causal manner

>> No.2575747

>>2575673
>>2575680
I'm not sure I understand. Wormholes are near-instantaneous because the bypass space itself. Light can't bypass space.

>> No.2575760

>>2575747
In short, if you can get from point A to point B faster than light can, from an arbitrary reference frame, then congratulations! You just built a time machine. Doesn't matter if it's a wormhole or some other magic means.

>> No.2575908

>The energy it would take to expand a wormhole more than a millimeter exceeds the upper bound of the estimation of total energy contained in the universe.

No. Nononononononono.

>> No.2576149

In theory, a wormhole should not be that difficult to create.

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2576167

In theory my ass is a hat.

>> No.2576632

>>2576167
Ronald, you know nothing of theoretical physics.