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usualgerman · 7 days ago · link · · parent · post: Advanced Civilizations Could be Indistinguishable from Nature
I mean if we were talking about science fiction fans in the 1989s, I’d agree with you for the most part. The problem is that as science education has declined for the general population (alongside mathematical and general literacy) I’m seeing more and more often that fans of these series have no idea what actual space looks like and the hard limits on speed. It doesn’t help when grifters like Albucurre come along with a mathematical curiosity in a physics equation and goes “Behold the Warp Theory”. I don’t blame NASA for playing along, they need those fanboys calling congress to fund them. What’s disturbing is how many people are taking the idea seriously.