Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 22:08:46 04/20/02
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On April 20, 2002 at 17:08:40, Russell Reagan wrote: >On April 20, 2002 at 16:53:21, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>Hmmm.....if that happened what "selective" areas would we >>excel? > >Love? > >>Regards, >> Terry >> >>P.S. I'm glad to exchange ideas and opinions with such an alert keen young >>mind!:o) > >I'm glad to provide some ideas. I really like to think deeply about things that >have scientific aspects to them, and try to keep an open mind I don't miss >something important just because "everyone knows that doesn't work". That seems >to be how many great discoveries were made (with a little luck of course), so >maybe I'll get lucky one day and hit on a new idea that works :) It does seem to >take everyone working together though. If we didn't have people disagreeing with >us and challenging our ideas, we would end up with pretty weak ideas that >wouldn't stand up to much critisism, and those kinds of ideas probably aren't >good to base chess programs or anything else on. > >Russell I agree. You don't have to look to far back in history to find how wrong scientists were about many ideas. 20 years ago the cloning of a man wasn't possible and never would be! Back 110 years ago, Lord Kelvin said "Heavier than air machines will never fly." There are so many examples. Today they say it will never be possible to teleport a man?! Well we may not see that in our lifetimes, well me anyways;)...but I think it will happen! Oh, and traveling faster than light is impossible! Well maybe not? In normal space probably true, but what about wormholes or to create such conditions around a spacecraft to bend and fold space in some fashion? I don't know? But if we're to travel to the stars and return in our own time we have to find out how! Oh, and time travel, that is by most considered out of the question, Special Relativity, notwithstanding. Back to wormholes or even more exotic ideas! Time will tell;) Ok I'm nuts....but I think the impossible becomes the improbable than the possible if somewhere in physics/nature says yes! And we have VISION! Oh, and maybe physics can be altered as well? In the beginning, if the Big Bang is the correct theory, than todays' physics hadn't formed yet! It must have expanded far faster than light at it's early stages. What of other universes? Super String Theory, it's endless! Ok it's late, I degress, and I'm silly, ...what was this about...oh chess!;) Terry
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