| > This is an excellent example of 'thinking inside the boundaries of our paradigm'. And by thinking within the boundaries of our paradigm, we can conclude that this particular combination of technology and culture has not spread throughout our galaxy. > Other civilizations may have discovered paradigms that allow them to traverse the galaxy in days, and even in seconds. If that is physically possible. Which we have fairly strong evidence against. > That's what was said in the mid to late 19th century. Then quantum physics was discovered. Right! Physicists found evidence to support revolutionary findings, and it was believed because other physicists reproduced the evidence for themselves. Keep your mind open, but not so open that your brain falls out. By all means, there is more physics to discover, but pinning one's hopes on superluminal spacetravel without a shred of evidence is folly. > A lot of the things that are observed in the ufo phenomenon can be similar things if they are actual extraterrestrial civilizations 'observing' us. 'Shape changing' ufos, ufos that travel in a speed that no creature can withstand etc. Yeah, I love science fiction, too. It's really fun. But you're so frothy about the possibility that physics is wrong, that you aren't considering that a small number of poorly-instrumented observations are wrong. |
Yep, its basically what the relevant xkcd comic explains:
https://xkcd.com/638/
> If that is physically possible. Which we have fairly strong evidence against.
We don't. Our science is not all-encompassing.
> superluminal spacetravel without a shred of evidence is folly.
This sentence and your sentences preceding this one contradict. Solely the very concept of quantum entanglement broke all the preexisting notions about how existence worked. Its something that shouldn't have happened according to all the 'hard' evidence we had beforehand.
Apparently, the evidence we had before wasn't so 'hard'. Just like how the evidence we have currently is not.
> But you're so frothy about the possibility that physics is wrong
Leaving your choice of words aside, physics is !regularly! wrong just like all the other sciences.
http://amasci.com/weird/vindac.html