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by noselasd 4209 days ago
> Something is bound to work.

It absolutely isn't. It is very, very unlikely that one can break the laws of physics no matter how much time it takes to research it or how advanced one becomes.

Still - it is important to research it in-case we've missed or gotten something wrong.

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Your point is valid, but my understanding is this: if FTL in any form is possible, then the universe is VERY weird-- it would allow "closed time-like curves" and causality paradoxes and all kinds of other wackadoodle.
Many theories of "FTL" do not actually involve travelling faster than light, just taking a shorter path. While these theories are still far-fetched they do not result in the kinds of wackadoodle you describe.
I think the point is to do it without breaking the laws of physics. Like how entanglement could occur without breaking them.