Does the Star Trek Warp Drive break down the molecules of Time?

Question

This was the theory of a man I worked with 10 years ago. I laughed: just SF technobabble.

A week later, the same man killed himself. He had so few close friends, or none, that his body wasn't discovered until the scent of decay reached the noses of his neighbours.

So, as alternative questions:

Does it really matter what we believe in?
Is there not something more important?

Answer 1

No, time is just the passing events, there are no molecules needed to sustain it. If you can find chronoparticles then please help me find the graviton particle.

As determined in one of the later episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation (STNG), it is subspace that is suffering damage from the over use of Warp fields. This was discovered by a brother and sister team and the brother died because of it in an attempt to prove his point. After this conference held on the USS Enterprise D it was decided to limit all starships to Warp 5 except under a Star Fleet authorized emergency. Star Fleet encouraged the Romulians and Klingons to make similar directives. The Klingons probably agreed, the Romulians might not, since they don’t trust anyone. And no this isn’t technobable, it may have been to the cast and film crew, but it was not to the show’s creators. The writers often put in the words technobable or technospeak in the rough draft of the scripts, but the science that was in the final script was real.

It made sense to the hard-core fans, like me as well. Very, rarely did I not understand what they were talking about. I remember in the first episode of Star Trek Voyager the engineer was talking with the Captain about the strength of the antimatter containment force field (this force field needs to hold in a power comparable to or greater than a thermonuclear explosion. The show’s creators must have missed a few decimal points because the field strength they mentioned was weaker than that of an aluminum can. A lot of people complained about that, but they made similar errors in the show. Like having people sleep walk during suspended animation. Suspended Animation is not like a deep sleep it is more like a frozen state or a state where the molecular movement is suspended (or slowed) so there is almost no feeling of the passage of time.

I do not pretend to understand all of Warp Theory; I am not a Zephrain Cochran. I do know that the antimatter reaction creates a vast amount of energy that is further modified by the Dilithium crystals. The energy is then sent to the Warp Reactor, which creates a modification of subspace, that produces a bubble of space time, that allows the starship to surf along the bubble’s edge and so travel faster then light. The ship itself doesn’t travel faster than life, just the bubble holding it. There is also a negative time element involved, but I am not sure exactly how. However, it is well known that if Warp 9.9 is exceeded too near to a large gravitational mass, like a sun then time travel is possible, up to the point where that large mass remains in existence (so you cannot go back in time to see the Big Bang).

I am sorry to hear about the death of your former college. Loneliness breeds depression and that can often lead to suicide.

Yes, it matters what we believe in a great deal! Every believer in a religion with a fundamental faith cares a great deal about what they believe. People like me put our faith in science, with a living and evolving knowledge. Last month a source of Dark Matter was discovered, until that point it was still a highly disputed theory. Our understanding of the Universe has reached a better level because of this. Now I am reading about new astronomical discoveries that put the age of the entire Universe into question.

Once I am dead this knowledge won’t mean anything to me, but it will mean a lot to those who come after me, and those that come after them. I hope that at some point we can realize the ideals of Star Trek and develop a method to travel to the stars. We are all a reflection of the knowledge gained by our ancestors. I would make a poor hunter gather, but thanks to my ancestors and my parents I don’t have to, instead I “hunt” by going to work and I gather my food at the supermarket. There is NOTHING more important than the hard won knowledge of our ancestors. Cave Men probably knew a 100 ways to not make fire, but they finally learned how to do it and that was the first tool that let mankind rise above his evolution, by modifying man’s environment to suit him.

Answer 2

Yes it is true in theory to the first question. On the second yes again, what we believe is important very important. It can affect us and those we love in either a positive or a negative way. In old Nazi Germany what the adult population believed affected a whole generation,to the present day. Like skipping a stone on water the effect of the action is larger than the stone. To me the something more important is the Lord most hate to hear that but you asked and I wish to be truthful I do not want to mislead. This is a sneaky one lol I thought it was a science question but it was more. much more. Thanks for putting the question to us
~A~
PS,sorry to hear about this man's death how very very heartbreaking, no one should have to be alone. If he only reached out he would have found many friends he did not meet yet. What a waste of a valuable human being very sorry

Answer 3

Does it really matter what we believe in?
Is there not something more important?
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Who really knows.... but anyway, to answer your question; the theory behind warp is to like kinda bend, fold, something in that nature; the space in between point(a) and point(b).. thereby shortening the distance between point(a) and point(b).... how a ship can go about doing this is wwayyy beyond me. Anyway, shorter distance between (a) and (b) means shorter time to get from (a) to (b).... makes sense doesn't it? But then why is it that the Enterprise appears to s t r e t c h as it goes into warp drive.... could the front of the ship perhaps reach point(b) lets say.. about five or so years before the rear of the ship leaves point(a)?.... but then that's not doing much for the rear is it.... hhmmm.....

So what else is new.

Answer 4

Hi Im a teenage girl in middle school so Im going to try to answer your question from what I learned last year in science and so far this year. I think physical matter is composed of atoms and molecules and they can break down. That is a chemical process. Time is just a way of counting from a beginning point. I think we use the birth of Christ. I don't think time has anything to do with molecules.

I'm sorry to hear about the poor man who had no friends and was so lonely that he did that awful thing to himself. I hope G-d has granted him a place in heaven and that he has lots of friends there.

Answer 5

There are books like
the physics of star trek by Lawrence Krauss that tries to explain these things, but it goes against everything we think and i never heard of time molucules. Very fanciful though.
It doesnt matter what we belive.
Nothing is important except being happy RIGHT NOW.

Answer 6

To ansewer your first (?) no it warps around time and space. Like pulling a rubber band a part the space get smaller.

tok answer your sec (?) we all have or on beliefs you justed have to find out what you belive is true for you.

Answer 7

Everybody has their own beliefs, and those beliefs are important to that person. Having said that, we also need to be respectful of other peoples belief systems even if they aren't the same as our own.
My belief is.............Live your life the best way you know how, and try not to hurt anyone in the process. It's the best I can do and it works for me.

Answer 8

Yes, it matters what we believe. Sorry for the dichotomy, but; some people support their " truth " with there beliefs, while some people support their beliefs with the truth, which, I think, is the something more important.

Answer 9

To the first question, no just space.

To the second, yes it does matter what we believe in, and that should be the search for Truth, as in absolute Truth.

Answer 10

If you were to worry about tme and space before ssing and feeling it I guess its just something you'll have to live with !