Re: A New Solution to the Fermi Paradox

In article <s8qdtj9hqe9jndjemgjdle5c9jrn8jup4h@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:26:13 -0000 (UTC), Mike Van Pelt
<usenet@mikevanpelt.com> wrote:

Also, if you can move from A to B in less time than light takes
to travel that distance, then accelerate towards A, then travel
from B to A in less time than light takes, it doesn't matter how,
you have traveled into the past.

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You could, I suppose, adopt the Marvel approach: you can't travel into
the past because it is not /your/ past, that is, your life continues
in one continuous line regardless of what the external dating may be.
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IOW, when you remember /your/ life, it will be one continuous journey
forward in time, no matter how much time-travelling you undertook.
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I didn't find that a particularly sane approach but, hey, what do you
want from a comic book publisher?

Yeah, comic book physics ...

The workaround I'm contemplating is that FTL jumps simply
aren't possible outide one preferred frame of reference.

Substantial normal-space delta-V required; you must be
stationary with respect to the local star, and will arrive
that way at the destination star.  Locations not close enough
to a star are inaccessible via jump.

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