[GZG] FTL was Re: A number of scientists respond to Hawking's concerns about Aliens

> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com> wrote:

My understanding is that all of this is predicated on nothing ever traveling
faster than the speed of light. Once we find the bit that
does, we get to call all of the above a gravitic/optical illusion and
chalk it all up to not knowing enough yet.

I think we live in a universe where either time travel is possible (which I
think would invalidate every choice anyone ever made) or we live in a universe
where our scientists don't yet know it all and some hack will allow us to get
there in a reasonable amount of time without violating causality. I suspect
the universe hates causality violations way more than really fast travel, so I
suspect that it will allow really fast travel. I also suspect that the
universe has a peculiar and sometimes cruel sense of humor (like letting us
see really really far but not letting us GO there), so I could be wrong, but I
trust the universe more than I trust imperfect human
researchers/scientists working with a minuscule portion of the cosmic
junk pile. And I don't think the universe is a conscious entity in any way,
just that acting like it is provides a tool for understanding certain bits.