How does a person go from the notion of super speed technology on an alien, if we suppose aliens exist (and from enough distance to arguably need super speed technology), space ship, and also presume their life spans necessitated such an invention, to presuming aliens have super weapons, a million ships, and can manipulate any number of physical laws?
For b to follow a in this case, b must be inherently derived from a. A giant lasor cannon might be advanced by super speed technology, but it's not a consequences necessitated by super speed design, but that design would necessitate the need for structural rigidity and heat and friction resistance; any number of things needed to prevent damage due to the tremendous forces placed on an object moving at high speed.
The only apparent thing shared with super speed and the cannon is that would both need advanced ability and knowledge.
Am I wrong?
2006-08-20 10:35:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
butchtroll
, I was thinking mainly about high velocity in the Earth's lower atmosphere, but your point is valid. Thanks for pointing it out.
2006-08-20 12:41:37 · update #1
Tom, now why didn't I think of that?
2006-08-20 12:42:27 · update #2
-.- , I'm asking if a specific hypothetical mechanism can logicaly be presumed to exist if from another mechanism that's all presumed to exist. There's specificity, that of weaponry deriving from the parts and science relevant to speed.
2006-08-20 12:46:23 · update #3
Just one thing you over looked..with true (advanced) intelligence comes non aggressive, nonviolent, compassionate behavior. That is..part of intelligence...Therefore there are NO "super weapons"
Cheers!
2006-08-21 18:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by Entity of Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but don't let that stop you from thinking. Space is very nearly empty, so there is very little friction even at speeds approaching c. A propulsion device capable of reaching such speeds would use a very lightweight propellant at a high velocity (such as an ion drive). The acceleration would be comparitively low, so there would not be much stress on the ship.
2006-08-20 17:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do not listen to TOM!!!!
Read the bible, (yes I know how it sounds)
You can either choice to think what happens in the bible is supernatural, or scientific.
I believe that what people are seeing is science in the bible.
That the wheels that Ezekiel See's are more then just wheel's.
That the throne that god site's on is much more then a throne.
That the chariot of fire is much more then something so unexplainable.
If i saw a Celle phone and i was a man 2,000 years ago.
How do you think i would explain it?
The voice of god from a small metal box?
Sort of like the ark of the covenante?
Truthly it is what ever "you" want to believe.
IF you are wondering about super speed technology just type it in google, also read into quantum physics.
I have my own theory on manipulating gravity, like black holes do.
If any one wants to know why i believe such things just e-mail me if you want.
I can send you the information of the truth of the bible, or whatever.
2006-08-20 17:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're asking if a hypothetical mechanism from outerspace would exist given another hypothetical mechanism from outerspace...
>_> Um...
2006-08-20 18:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably...
OK.. first of all.. why would an alien race come to our planet?...
they might come here because they know we exist (having heard our radio broadcast of the Germany Olympic games for example)...
If they are coming here to visit with us... they might not know what we are like because all they know about us is from tv and radio broadcasts...
if they watch all of our tv and listen to our radio... they probably WOULD develop weapons to destroy us before they got here to clean the universe of our existence!!!
or... they would be singing 60's songs and wanting to dance on the beaches here...
either way.. we are doomed!! *GriN*
2006-08-20 17:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
all I know is lumps of rock have no propulsion yet they move like $hit of a stick as soon as gravity is entered into the eqaution
2006-08-20 17:52:58 · answer #6 · answered by surfer soul 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just like reliogion, unprovable, and I'll beleive it when I see it.
2006-08-20 17:53:49 · answer #7 · answered by matt45lc 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋